Examples of handwritings of various famous cursive script masters for Shang characters:
Examples of handwritings of famous cursive script masters:
Extended information Representative figures of cursive script
Representative works of cursive script The most famous among them is the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" written by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The predecessors described his characters as "a dragon leaping over the Tianmen, a tiger lying on the Phoenix Tower", and was praised as "the best running script in the world".
The "Manuscript of Sacrifice to My Nephew" written by Yan Zhenqing in the Tang Dynasty was so vigorous and unrestrained that the ancients rated it as "the second running script in the world". Su Shi's "Huangzhou Cold Food Post" is known as "the third running script in the world". The famous representative work in regular script is "Lushan Temple Stele" by Li Yong of the Tang Dynasty, which is smooth and plump.
There are also Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu, Xian Yushu, and Kang Lixixi in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming, Dong Qichang, Li Daiwen, and Wang Duo in the Ming Dynasty. Liu Yong and He Shaoji in the Qing Dynasty, Yu Youren, Qi Gong, Li Zhimin, Sha Menghai, Zhang Xin, etc. in modern times are all good at running calligraphy or cursive writing, and many works have been handed down to the world.
Three major running scripts in the world, because of the praise and praise of various schools, the world has collectively called "Han Shi Tie", "Lanting Preface" by Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and "Manuscript of Sacrifice to My Nephew" by Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty as "the three major running scripts in the world". "Han Shi Tie" is also called "The Third Running Script in the World".
Some people compare it with "The Three Great Running Scripts in the World" and say: "Lanting Preface" is the style of an elegant scholar and "Ji Shi Tie" is the style of a refined scholar. "My Nephew's Manuscript" is the style of a sage and wise man, and "The Cold Food Post" is the style of a scholar or scholar. They are comparable to each other one after another, each leading the way. They can be regarded as three milestones in the history of Chinese calligraphy.