Zhang Xu was born in the Tang Dynasty (Suzhou, Jiangsu), and his date of birth and death is unknown. The word "Gaobo" has a long history, so it is called Zhang Changshi. I like to drink, often write books after getting drunk, or write books with my hair soaked in ink. The world calls them "Zhang Dian", together with Li Bai, He, Li, Li Jin, Cui Zongzhi, and Jiao Sui, they are also called the Eight Immortals in Wine. He is good at regular script and cursive script, especially cursive script. His calligraphy is unique and original. The regular script "Notes on nirvana in fire" adopts the brushwork of Ou Yangxun and Yu Shinan, which is dignified and rigorous, without losing the rules, showing the exquisiteness of regular script. "Xuanhe Shupu" commented: "Its name is based on jumping grass, and as for small cursive script, it does not reduce the beauty of cursive script. Although there are many strange things in his cursive script, he seeks its origin, and there are all people in the painting who cannot be disciplined. "
His calligraphy originated from the "two kings" and is original and innovative. His regular script is accurate. The rules are extreme, and Huang Gu is called "the first in the Tang Dynasty". If his regular script is more inheritance than creation, then his cursive script is a great innovation and development in calligraphy. Han Yu said, "Xu is good at cursive writing, but he can't cure his book." Change is like ghosts and gods, so don't be arrogant. " Du Fu wrote in Song of the Eight Immortals: "Zhang Xu's three cups of grass are sacred. He waved his paper like a cloud before taking off his hat to reveal the top of the maharaja. " He can sublimate the art of calligraphy to the artistic realm of expressing calligraphers' thoughts and feelings with abstract points and lines. In the art of calligraphy, his handwriting seems strange but not strange. The key is that the pen for stippling completely conforms to the traditional rules. It can be said that he used traditional techniques to express his personality and became a creative calligrapher worthy of his own time in calligraphy. Broad, fresh and unrestrained, far more than the previous calligraphers' works, with a strong flavor of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
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 called him rude and 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.
At that time, as long as people got a piece of his paper, they all regarded it as a treasure, and it was hereditary and true. At that time, Zhang Xu had a neighbor and his family was very poor. I heard that Zhang Xu was very generous, so I wrote to Zhang Xu, hoping to get his support. Zhang Xu sympathized with his neighbor, so he said in his letter: You only need to say that this letter was written by Zhang Xu, and the asking price can be several hundred gold. Neighbors sold letters in the street according to his words and sold them out in less than half a day. The neighbors are happy to go home, and thank Zhang Xu very much. At that time, people called Zhang Xu's cursive script, Li Bai's poems and Fei Min's sword dance "Three Musts".
His cursive script is not only nirvana in fire's Annotations, but also Abdominal Pain Post and Four Poems, all of which are famous.
1, "Abdominal Pain Post": single engraved post. No money. Cursive script, 6 lines and 30 words. This post is full of twists and turns, both rigid and flexible, from the inside out, ever-changing, elegant colors, and very official.
2. "Four Ancient Poems": Moshu. There is no money to make Dong Qichang Zhang. Cursive script, this post is vigorous and magnificent, and the brushwork is vertical and easy. Dong Qichang commented: "There is a cliff fall and a whirlwind rain."
Related inscriptions:
Abdominal pain patch
Langguan Shizhu Ji
Four stickers of ancient poems
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Fifteen-day mail