1. Ouyang Xun. Ouyang Xun (557-641), courtesy name Xinben, was born in Linxiang County, Tanzhou (now Changsha City, Hunan Province). Tang Dynasty minister and calligrapher, the grandson of Ouyang Yu, the general of Nanliang Zhengnan, and the son of Ouyang He, the general of Nanchen Zuowei. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty came to the throne and became Dr. Taichang. In the third year of Wude (620), he took refuge in Xia King Dou Jiande and was awarded the position of Taichang Qing. In the fifth year of Wude (622), he surrendered to Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, and was awarded the title of Shizhong. He moved to Yinqing Guanglu doctor, gave Shizhong, Prince Lingengling, and Hongwenguan bachelor. He was canonized as a male from Bohai County. He presided over the compilation of "Art and Literature" "Gather". In the fifteenth year of Zhenguan, he died at the age of eighty-five. Proficient in calligraphy, he is known as the "Four Great Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty" together with Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji. Because his son Ouyang Tong was good at calligraphy, he was known as "Da Ou" in history. Calligraphy found its way into the middle of nowhere, so it was named "European Style". Representative works include "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription", "Huangfu's Birthday Stele" and "Huadu Temple Stele" in regular script, and "Zhongni Meng's Laying Ceremony" and "Thousand-Character Essay in Running Script" in running script. He has unique insights into calligraphy and has written calligraphy treatises such as "Eight Secrets", "Teaching Secrets", "On Using the Brush" and "Thirty-Six Methods". The "Inscription on the Relics of Zen Master Huadu Siyi", "The Monument of Yu Gonggong Wen Yanbo" and "The Monument of Huangfu's Birthday" are known as "the first regular script in the Tang Dynasty".
2. Zeng Guofan. Zeng Guofan (November 26, 1811 - March 12, 1872), originally named Zicheng, courtesy name Bohan, and nicknamed Disheng, was the 70th grandson of the sage Zengzi. Chinese statesman, strategist, Neo-Confucianist, litterateur, calligrapher, founder and commander of the Hunan Army in the late Qing Dynasty. Zeng Guofan was born in an ordinary farming and studying family. He was diligent and studious since he was a child, and entered a private school at the age of 6. At the age of 8, he can read the Four Books and recite the Five Classics. At the age of 14, he can read the selected works of "Zhou Rites" and "Historical Records". In the 18th year of Daoguang's reign (1838), he became a Jinshi and entered the Hanlin Academy, where he was a student of Mu Zhang'amen, Minister of Military and Aircraft. Leiqian was a bachelor of the cabinet, minister of the Ministry of Rites, and minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Industry, Punishment, and Officials. He became close friends with the scholar Wo Ren and Huining Dao He Guizhen, etc., and strengthened each other with "practical learning". The rise of Zeng Guofan had a profound impact on the politics, military, culture, economy and other aspects of the Qing Dynasty. Under Zeng Guofan's initiative, China's first ship was built, the first military engineering school was established, the first batch of Western books were printed and translated, and the first batch of students studying in the United States were arranged. It can be said that Zeng Guofan was the pioneer of China's modernization construction.
3. Zhang Shizhao. Zhang Shizhao (March 20, 1881 - July 1, 1973), whose pen name is Huang Zhonghuang, Qingtong and Qiutong, was born on March 20, 1881 in Shanhua County, Hunan Province (now Changsha City). He once served as the Chief Justice and the Chief Education Officer of the Duan Qirui Government of the Beiyang Government of the Republic of China, a member of the National Political Participation Association of the National Government of the Republic of China, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, a member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the Director of the Central Research Institute of Literature and History. In the late Qing Dynasty, he served as the chief writer of Shanghai's "Su Bao". After 1911, he served as professor at Tongji University, professor at Peking University, principal of Beijing Agricultural School, secretary-general of the Guangdong Military Government, and representative of the North-South peace talks. After the founding of New China, he became a famous democrat, scholar, writer, educator and political activist. He served as deputy director and second director of the Central Research Institute of Literature and History, member of the Standing Committee of the second and third National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and member of the Standing Committee of the Third National People's Congress.