1, Su Shi
His calligraphy draws nutrition from Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Chu Suiliang, Xu Hao, Li Beihai and Yang Ningshi, and strives for innovation on the basis of inheriting tradition. When talking about the process of his calligraphy creation, he said: "The method of writing is not perfect, but I can't get it all."
He added: "I can't make a book with my heart. I'm tired of asking for it." He focused on "meaning" and sent his feelings to the book with "faithful hand". Su Shi's writing seems plain and simple, but it has a mighty air of Wang Yang sea. Like his profound knowledge, dragons are unpredictable.
2. Huang Tingjian
Poet, poet and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, the founder of Jiangxi Poetry School, and Du Fu, Chen are also called "one ancestor and three schools" (Huang is one of them). Song Zhiping was a scholar in the fourth year (AD 1067). Professor Ye Xianwei from Beijing, Professor Lang Xianping from imperial academy, School Book Lang, Cao Zuolang, Secretary Cheng, Fuzhou Biejia, Guizhou Resettlement House, etc.
In terms of poetry, he and Su Shi are also called "Su Huang"; In terms of calligraphy, he, Su Shi, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang are also called "four great masters in Song Dynasty". In terms of lyrics, although he was once known as Qin Guan, Huang's achievements in lyrics are far less than Qin Guan's.
3.miffy
Calligrapher, painter and painting theorist in Northern Song Dynasty. Han nationality, originally from Taiyuan, Shanxi, once settled in Runzhou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu). High talent, scattered characters, and so clean and addictive. Being served by the Tang people, he accumulated more strange stones. Calligraphy and painting are a family.
Can draw dead wood and bamboo stones, innovative, but also can draw landscapes, creating an ink painting Yunshan ink painting drama, covered by clouds, simple and naive. Good poetry and calligraphy, accurate appraisal. He is good at seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script, and is good at copying ancient books, which is confusing. One of Song Sijia. He used to be a school book lang, a doctor of calligraphy and painting, and a foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites.
4. Cai Xiang
Mo Jun, Han nationality, originally from Dong 'an Village, Fengting Township, Xianyou, Fujian, and later moved to Cai 'an Village, Putian. 1030 (Tiansheng eight years) Jinshi, served as proofreader, admonisher, historian, intellectual patent, straight bachelor of Longtuge, straight bachelor of Privy Council and Hanlin in the Central Government of Song Dynasty. The pawn was given the title of assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites and sounded the bell.
The Origin of "Song Sijia" and Tang Books
Although the "respect for meaning" in Song Dynasty denied the "respect for law" in Tang Dynasty, the development of the times was always linked, and "Song Sijia" did not completely deny the calligraphy in Tang Dynasty, so "law" and "meaning" could not be viewed in opposition. Among the calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, Chu Suiliang and Yan Zhenqing had the greatest influence on the Song Dynasty.
Yan Zhenqing has influence on Song Sijia. Cai Xiang entered the Song Dynasty in his later years, and his works were mostly Tang Fa. Su Shi attached great importance to Yan Zhenqing's "On Dong Fangshuo Painting" and evaluated it as "clear and far-reaching".