Calligraphers in Han Dynasty

Since the Han Dynasty, the society has paid more attention to calligraphy than the Qin Dynasty, especially after the end of the Han Dynasty. "Biography of the Imperial Clans of the Later Han Dynasty" records: "(Liu Mu) ... a good history book, thinking that it was made public, was ill in bed, and Ming Di made a cursive script after the horse." Wei Heng's "Four-body Book Potential" records: "The spiritual emperor is a good book, young and versatile, and the stone is the most refined. Big one thousand words, small one thousand words. I am proud of my ability, or sometimes I don't take money to go to restaurants to drink. Because of the wall of books, visitors must pay for drinks and count. " I still remember that Cao Cao loved Liang Hu's calligraphy, "hanging in the account, playing on the nail wall." These conditions show that people further realize that calligraphy is not only of practical value, but also full of aesthetic value, indicating that people are beginning to appreciate, pursue and study the beauty of calligraphy more actively, which indicates that the development of calligraphy art will enter a higher stage.

Cao, Wang Cizhong, Cui Yuan, Cui Ai, Zhang Zhi, Cai Yong, Shi, Liang Hu are famous calligraphers in Han Dynasty recorded in historical books.

1, Cao (date of birth and death unknown), the word Zhongze, Fufeng Pingling (now northwest of Xianyang, Shaanxi). Zhang Dili established junior high school (70 ~ 83 AD) as secretary lang. Can seal official script, especially good at seal script.

2. (the year of birth and death is unknown), formerly known as Cao, was born in (now Shaanxi). Emperor Zhang (75-88 AD) was at the same stage. Good at cursive writing. Wei Heng's "Four-body Calligraphy" said that he was "very safe in killing characters and slightly sparse in calligraphy". According to documents, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty licensed him to write the memorial in grass. Cui Yuanhe Cui Ai was influenced by it. Together with Cui Yuan, it is called "Cui Du". Zhang Huaiguan's Preface lists its chapters as "masterpieces".

3. Cui Yuan (AD 78 ~ 143) was born in Anping (now Hebei). He used to be Jibei Xiang. Good at cursive script and seal script. Shu Duan said that his book is "smooth between strokes" and "Cao Zhang is fascinated, and Xiao Zhuan is wonderful". Wang Sengqian's "On the Book of Southern Qi Dynasty" said that "Cui Yuan's brushwork is very fast, and his words are small and sparse". The book Trace has been included in the Song Dynasty's Chunhua Pavilion Post, and it is no longer credible. His son, Cui Ai, has a motto and is good at Cao Zhang. He has a paternal style.

4. Wang Cizhong (birth and death unknown). There are many statements about his situation in history, but there is no definite basis.

5. Zhang Zhi (the year of birth and death is unknown), whose name is Boying, was born in Jiuquan, Dunhuang (now Jiuquan, Gansu). It is very difficult to study Cui and Du's books. The four-body book situation says that he "must learn books first, learn books in the pool, and the pool is exhausted." He is best at cursive writing, and later generations are praised as "the sage of grass". Handed down from ancient times, there are top-ranked posts, year-round posts, now want to reply posts, 28 posts, autumn cool posts and so on. Among them, only autumn cool posts are more reliable. His younger brother Zhang Chang is also good at cursive writing, similar to Zhang Zhi. Later generations thought that his bones and muscles were not as good as theirs, but Yan Hua succeeded to the throne and was known as the "Saint of Asia".

6. Cai Yong (A.D. 132 ~ 192), born in Boshu and Chen Liulai (now south of Qixian County, Henan Province), was the left army commander when Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty created Cai Zhonglang. Make good use of seals and official seals to create a "flying white book". Liang Xiaoyan said that his calligraphy was "full of vigor and vitality". Zhang Huaiguan's "Broken Book" said: "Eight-point book will win, born independent, who dares to be equal?" . He also wrote a poem "Flying White", which is absolutely wonderful, especially the exquisite and ever-changing posture, the wonderful poor god, the seal of the past and the present, the trace of middle age, the poor brushwork, and its twilight years are even more wonderful. Cai Yong is the host of Xi Shi Ping Jing, but it is not known whether he personally participated in the writing. The famous monuments such as "Liu Xiong Monument" and "Xiacheng Monument" attached by later generations are not enough for credit investigation.

7. Shi (the year of birth and death is unknown), a native of Nanyang (now Henan), lived in the Lingdi period. Lingdi was good at official script, and collected hundreds of official scripts from Hongdumen, among which Shi was the best. Yuan Shu after the meeting.

8. Liu Desheng (date of birth and death unknown) was born in Yingchuan (now Yuxian County, Henan Province) and lived in the period of Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling. He is good at running script and studied under Zhong You.

9. Liang Hu (date of birth and death unknown), born in Wushi County, Anding County (now northwest of Pingliang, Gansu Province), lived from the end of Han Dynasty to Wei Dynasty. He studied in Shishi and is good at official script. When he was a spiritual emperor, he went to choose a minister and then ran to find Liu Biao. Cao Cao broke Jingzhou and called it a pseudo Sima. Cao Cao thinks that his book is better than the book of history, works hard for it and often enjoys it in the hanging account. This is a story of book history.