Representative works and characteristics of famous calligraphers in ancient China
Wang Xizhi, a book sage, whose masterpiece Preface to Lanting Collection is hailed as "the best calligraphy in the world", is peaceful and natural, with tactful and graceful brushwork.
Zhang Xu and Cao Sheng's Four Ancient Poems, his works are full of power, bending down and writing tactfully and freely, slowly rippling in a comfortable rhythm. His handwriting is bold and unrestrained, and his strokes are continuous, which is in danger of flying over the eaves and walking over the wall. In fact, the beauty of cursive script is that it is readily available, in one go, giving people a feeling of agitation.
Huai Su's Autobiographical Postscript has been talked about by calligraphy lovers since the middle Tang Dynasty, and it has been 1200 years. Take the pure momentum of the central pen as the grass, such as "a whirlwind of sudden rain, full of momentum", and reach the realm of "three or five sounds suddenly, words are everywhere".