Top 50 Calligraphers in China

The most famous calligraphers in China are Li Si, Zhong You, Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi and Yan Zhenqing.

1, Reese

Li Si (about 280-208 BC), the prime minister of Qin Dynasty, was a famous politician, writer and calligrapher who helped Qin Shihuang unify the world. After the unification of Qin, he participated in the formulation of laws, improved the Qin system, advocated the implementation of the county system, abolished the enfeoffment system, and proposed and presided over the unification of characters, tracks, coins and weights and measures.

2. Zhong You

Zhong You opened a new chapter in the history of China's calligraphy, changing official script into regular script, which influenced future generations for thousands of years. It's a pity that we missed seeing his works, and we can only understand the brushwork of this "ancestor of regular script" from the so-called "five tables" and "six stickers" copied by later generations.

3. Wang Xizhi

The main characteristics of Wang Xizhi's calligraphy are peaceful and natural, gentle and subtle brushwork, beautiful and graceful, and later generations commented: "If you float in the clouds, you are as straight as a dragon." Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is exquisite and extremely beautiful to watch. In a word, he introduced Chinese writing from practicality to a realm of paying attention to techniques and interests, which marked that calligraphers not only discovered the beauty of calligraphy, but also showed the beauty of calligraphy.

4. Wang Xianzhi

Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy is "Dancing in Danxue, Yue Long in Qingquan". Precise and ingenious, unexpected. "His pen, from" extension "to" extension ". His cursive script is as skillful, graceful and romantic as his father Wang Xizhi, and his father and son are called two kings.

Like his father, Wang Xianzhi's study of books is not limited to the whole subject, but poor. Therefore, we can create our own unique style on the basis of "gathering the strengths of many families and the beauty of many bodies". Finally, he achieved an artistic position alongside Wang Xizhi. Book traces include Mid-Autumn Post written by Mi Fei in the Song Dynasty.

5. Yan Zhenqing

Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is dignified, vigorous, vigorous and full. He uses regular script with Facebook style, which perfectly shows his bones and muscles, and his brushwork is vigorous and powerful.

Yan's calligraphy not only influenced later calligraphers, but was also ridiculed as "vulgar style". Yan Style is aimed at Yan Zhenqing's regular script. Its regular script structure is square and dense, its strokes are horizontal, light and vertical, its brushwork is vigorous and round, and its momentum is solemn and vigorous.