Zhang Xu, a native of Wuxian, Suzhou, was a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, and was good at cursive writing. In calligraphy, Zhang is good at observing objective things and combining objective natural images with personal subjective feelings. He not only inherits tradition, but also dares to innovate. By inheriting and innovating the calligraphy achievements of predecessors, his own weed art reached a peak in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
Zhang Xu was born in a family with a high family background. He studied calligraphy under his cousin Lu Yanyuan, and was highly praised by Wu Daozi and Yan Zhenqing. When he was old, he was promoted or recommended, recruited talents, entered the official position, and was released as a captain of Changshu County. He served as the left governor and the governor, and was called by the world. He died in Gan Yuan about two years later at the age of 75.
Life of Zhang Xu
Zhang Xu is free and easy, generous, outstanding, brilliant and knowledgeable. He is a master of cursive script with great personality. Because he is often drunk, screaming and going crazy, then writing books, and even writing with his hair dipped in ink, it is also called Zhang Dian. After Huai Su inherited and developed his brushwork, he was also named after cursive script.
Zhang Xu is unrestrained, likes to drink, often dances after getting drunk, and then returns to the table with a pen and ink. Some people said he was rude, so they gave him a crazy nickname. In fact, he is very careful. He believes that everything he touches in his daily life can inspire his writing. To get something occasionally is to melt it into your own calligraphy.