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1. Wang Xizhi
When Wang Xizhi was about five or six years old, he learned calligraphy from Mrs. Wei as his teacher. His calligraphy improved rapidly. When he was 7 years old, he became famous in the local area for his calligraphy. He was loved and praised by his seniors.
When Wang Xizhi was 11 years old, he read "Bi Shuo" which can only be read by adults. He followed the method described in "The Theory of Writing" and got up early every day to write and practice in the dark. He became obsessed with it. After a while, I looked at my handwriting and compared it with what I wrote before. Sure enough, there were some changes.
One day his teacher Mrs. Wei was surprised after seeing it and told people that this child must have seen the secret of calligraphy. I found that his recent handwriting has reached the level of an adult. If things continue like this, this child's future achievements in calligraphy will surely overwhelm my reputation.
Wang Yizhi was not complacent or complacent because of the teacher's praise. He was more attentive and worked harder at the post, even to the point of forgetting to sleep and eat.
One time during lunch, the bookboy brought his favorite mashed garlic and steamed buns. He urged him to eat them several times, but he still didn’t even raise his head. He concentrated on reading the post as if he hadn’t heard anything. , writing. The rice was cold, so the boy had no choice but to ask Wang Xizhi's mother to persuade him to eat. When her mother came to the study, she saw Xizhi holding a piece of steamed bun stained with ink and putting it into his mouth, which made his mouth full of black.
It turns out that when Xizhi was eating steamed buns, his eyes were still looking at the characters and he was thinking about how to write the characters. As a result, he mistakenly ate the ink as minced garlic. When my mother saw this scene, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Wang Xizhi still didn’t understand what was going on! When he heard his mother’s laughter, he also said, the garlic paste today is so fragrant! Wang Xizhi persisted for decades, studying hard and practicing hard, and never stopped writing. , and developed very solid kung fu, which laid the foundation and paved the way for his future development.
2. Zhong Yao
Zhong Yao was born in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He was very dedicated and enthusiastic about the study of calligraphy, almost to the point of madness. It is said that he used to study in Baodu Mountain. In order to practice calligraphy well, he wrote all the rocks and trees in the mountain black. Once, he was discussing calligraphy brushes with Cao Cao, Wei Dan and others. He was so interested that he kept copying and drawing before going to bed, and even cut several holes in the quilt.
Wei Dan was also a calligrapher at that time. It is said that he had the calligraphy theory of Cai Yong, a great calligrapher of the Eastern Han Dynasty, so his calligraphy level was very high. People at the time praised his calligraphy and considered him to be the first calligrapher in the dynasty. A calligrapher. Zhong Yao wanted to borrow this book from Wei Dan, but Wei Dan refused and refused again and again. Zhong Yao was so angry that he beat his chest and vomited blood. Fortunately, Cao Cao saved his life with the Five Spirit Pills. After Wei Dan passed away, Zhong Yao sent someone to dig out the book from the grave, studied it repeatedly, and finally understood the secret of using the pen.
3. Xu Anzhen
In the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, there was a person named Xu Anzhen. When he was an official, he was afraid of getting involved and fled to the mountains. He was mute due to illness and could not speak. A few years later, a Buddhist temple wanted to select people who were good at calligraphy to write couplets for the temple's beams and pillars. Xu Anzhen accidentally stepped over the beam placed on the ground and committed a taboo.
The abbot of the temple was very angry and hit him on the back with his cane. He quickly wrote on the ground with his hand: Although I can't speak, I have learned large-character calligraphy and hope that I can try it. As a result, they allowed him to give it a try, and the monks in the temple were all convinced and willingly asked him to write it all, regardless of his faults.
4. Zhang Xu
Zhang Xu is a master of cursive calligraphy. He loved drinking very much. He often got drunk and ran away shouting before he picked up a pen to write a book. All the works he wrote were wildly cursive. Sometimes he frantically dipped his head in ink to write. After he regained consciousness, he repeatedly looked at his writings, and the world called him Zhang Dian. Zhang Xu was good at both calligraphy and calligraphy, and his calligraphy was loved by people at the time.
One year, he was sent to Changshu as a county captain. More than ten days after taking office, an old man came to complain with a petition. After Zhang Xu understood the facts of the case, he made a verdict and the old man left.
A few days later, the old man came again. Zhang Xu asked the old man angrily: How can you trouble me again for such a trivial matter?
The old man said, in fact, I am not here to complain. Because I saw how beautiful your handwriting was, I wanted to collect it as a treasure! After hearing this, Zhang Xu thought it was unusual and asked him why he loved calligraphy so much. The old man said that my father loved calligraphy very much when he was alive and left many calligraphy works.
Zhang Xu asked the old man to bring the work to watch. It is indeed a rare masterpiece in the world. Therefore, he repeatedly studied and studied, and understood many mysteries of calligraphy.
5. Liu Gongquan
One day, Liu Gongquan held a book party with several friends. At this time, an old man selling tofu saw that he could write a few words about Feifeng family, and he dared to praise him in front of others. He felt that the child was too proud, so he frowned and said, "The writing is not good, it seems like I It's like tofu, soft and has no bones or muscles. Is it still worth praising in front of others? When the young public right heard this, he said very unhappy, "If you have the ability, you can write a few words and let me see it."
The old man smiled heartily and said, "I don't dare, I don't dare, I'm a rough man and I can't write well." However, there are people who can write much better with their feet than you! If you don’t believe me, go to Huajing City and have a look.
The next day, Xiao Gongquan woke up at midnight and went to Huajing City alone. As soon as he entered Huajing City, he saw many people gathered under a big locust tree. He squeezed into the crowd and saw a thin, black old man with no beard and arms, sitting on the ground with bare feet, his left foot pressing the paper, and his right foot holding a pen. He was writing couplets freely, and the handwriting looked like a group of horses galloping, The dancing dragons and phoenixes won bursts of applause from the onlookers.
Xiao Gongquan knelt down in front of the old man with a plop and said that I would like to become your teacher. Please tell me the secret of writing. The old man hurriedly picked up Xiao Gongquan with his feet and said: I am a lonely person. He had no hands and had to rely on his feet to make a living. How could he serve as a role model for others?
The old man begged so hard that the old man spread a piece of paper on the ground and wrote a few words with his right foot: Write After eight jars of water are exhausted, the inkstone dyes the waterlogged pond black; after winning hundreds of parents, dragons and phoenixes can fly. Liu Gongquan kept the old man's words in mind and worked hard to practice calligraphy from then on. Thick calluses formed on my hands, and my clothes and elbows were patched up layer after layer. After hard training, Liu Gongquan finally became a famous calligrapher in my country.