Zhong you, a regular character. Yingchuan Changshe people. Cao Wei was a famous calligrapher and politician in the Three Kingdoms period.
He is good at seal script, official script, original script, running script and cursive script, and he is quite accomplished in calligraphy, which promotes the development of regular script (small script) and is respected as the "originator of regular script" by later generations. Moreover, Zhong You had a far-reaching influence on the calligraphy of later generations, and Wang Xizhi and others had devoted themselves to studying his calligraphy. Also known as "Zhong Wang" with the calligrapher Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the Southern Dynasty, Yu Jianwu listed Zhong You's calligraphy as "top grade", and in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Huaiguan rated his calligraphy as "excellent" in Book End.
Zhong You's seal script, official script, original script, running script and cursive script all work at the same time. Zhang Huaiguan's book says: "Chang Yuan's original is peerless, but it's too teacher, so it's soft and well prepared. There are many different interests between stippling and painting, which can be described as profound and antique. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there has been only one person. " His best writing is regular script. Xuanhe Pu Shu commented: "Prepare your statutes and be the father of official books." Zhong You lived in a period when Chinese characters evolved from official script to regular script and were nearing completion. In the process of the completion of this important evolution of Chinese characters, Zhong You played a powerful role in promoting. On the one hand, he can conform to the trend of the times and be good at learning new books that appear among the people; On the other hand, he studies hard and is good at thinking and learning.
Zhong You's calligraphy theory, scattered in the relevant book theory. The most important thing is his discussion on the use of pens. Zhong You's regular script is simple and unpretentious, with alternating font sizes, rigorous and meticulous overall layout, mellow and elegant style, concise brushwork and natural nature, which has made great achievements in all previous dynasties.
According to Zhang Yanyuan's "The Book of Dharma should be recorded, and the names should be taught by brushwork" in the Tang Dynasty, Cai Yong was influenced by the man of God, and passed on Cui Yuan, Moon Hee, Moon Hee, Zhong You, Zhong You, Mrs. Wei, Wang Xizhi and Wang Xizhi.
Zhong You's calligraphy art has made great artistic achievements, and it is not limited to one school. In Song Dynasty, Chen Si's "Shu Yuan Jinghua, Qin and Han Dynasties, Wei brushwork" described the successful course of Zhong You's calligraphy, saying that he studied calligraphy with a man named Cao for three years when he was a teenager, and later learned the calligraphy of Cao and others. Therefore, Zhong You, like any accomplished scholar, is the result of hard study. Zhong You studied calligraphy very hard, and sometimes he was fascinated.
Zhong You had a great influence on the history of calligraphy in China, and has always been regarded as the originator of the history of calligraphy in China. He was the first person to write regular script in the history of calligraphy and made important contributions to the development of Chinese characters. Tao's Book History Society says: "The change of Wang Zhong can be divided into ancient and modern times, and the husband takes the ancient law as an official, but the present law can be used as a model." After Zhong You, many calligraphers competed to learn the clock body. For example, Wang Xizhi and his son have various clock styles. Later Zhang Chang, Huai Su, Yan Zhenqing, Huang Tingjian, etc. They all absorbed the length of the clock body and the essence of the clock theory from all aspects in calligraphy creation.
Generally speaking, Zhong You occupies a very important position in the history of China's calligraphy. He and Zhang Zhi in the Eastern Han Dynasty were called "Zhong Zhang", and Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was also called "Zhong Wang". It plays an important role in the emergence, development and evolution of China's calligraphy.
2. The sage in the book refers to Wang Xizhi, and they are collectively called Zhong Wang.