1. Li Si
Li Si (284 BC to 208 BC) was born in Shangcai, Chu State (now Li Silou Village, Lugang Township, Shangcai County, Henan Province) at the end of the Warring States Period. . A famous politician, writer and calligrapher in the Qin Dynasty. Li Si is the earliest calligrapher recorded in Chinese history with calligraphy works (stone carvings) handed down from generation to generation. He is known as the originator of Chinese calligraphy and the first person to write Xiaozhuan. His calligraphy works include "Taishan Carving Stone", "Langya Carving Stone" and "峄 "Mountain Carvings on Stone" etc.
2. Li Yangbing
Li Yangbing (birth and death unknown), courtesy name Shaowen, Zhongwen, was born in Qiaojun (governing present-day Bozhou, Anhui) and was a writer of the Tang Dynasty , a calligrapher whose craftsmanship in seal script has been called by later generations "the one person through the ages after Li Si". His main works include "The Story of Three Tombs", "The Preface to the Yiting Inscription", "The Stele of the City God's Temple", "Yi Qian Gua", "Hua" "Taishin Station"
3. Zhou Boqi
Zhou Boqi (1298-1369), courtesy name Bowen, nicknamed Yuxuepo Zhenyi, was born in Poyang, Raozhou (now Poyang County, Jiangxi Province) The main representative works of the calligraphers and writers of the Yuan Dynasty include "Six Books for True and False", "Shuo Wen Yuan", etc.
4. Deng Shiru
Deng Shiru (1743-1805), named Yan , courtesy name Shiru, Nambo, nicknamed Jiyou Taoist, Wanbaishan native, Fengshui fisherman, Longshan woodcutter, a native of Huaining, Anhui, a famous seal engraver and calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, and the founder of Deng School seal cutting. His main works include "Wanbaishan" "The Occasionally Existing Seal Engravers", "Seal Script Scroll", "Seal Script Hall", "Poems Traveling to the Five Gardens", etc.
5. Qian Tiao
Qian Tiao (1744-1806), The name Xianzhi, named Xiaolan and Shilan, was signed by Quanbu. He was a Qing Dynasty calligrapher from Jiading, Jiangsu (now part of Jiading District, Shanghai). His major works include "Tongzhengshu of the Ten Classics", "Ten Notes on the Hanshu", "Epitaphs of the Sages' Tombs", "Research on the Ancient Artifacts of the Sixteenth Changle Hall", "Collection of the Mirror Inscriptions of Huanhua Shixuan", " "Seal Script Record" etc.
6. Yi Bingshou
Yi Bingshou (1754-1815), also known as Zusi, also known as Moqing, later known as Mo'an, was born in Tingzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province. A native of Ninghua County, he was a famous calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty. His calligraphy works handed down from generation to generation include "Copy of Poems in Liuchun Thatched Cottage", "Jie Lin's Calligraphy Screen of Tang and Song Dynasties", "Linliu Gongquan's Ruler and Sketches", "Self-written Poetry Album" and "Qi Jue Poetry Scroll". etc.
7. Wu Xizai
Wu Xizai (1799-1870), whose original name was Tingyang, whose courtesy name was Xizai, and whose nickname was Rangzhi, was a late scholar and the father-in-law of Fang Lin. A native of Yizheng, Jiangsu Province, he was a famous seal carver, calligrapher and painter in the Qing Dynasty. The main representative works include "Rebirth of Three Joys and Three Worries", "Liang Wujun and Zhu Yuan Si Shu", "Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty and Zang Tao's Edict", etc.
8. Mo Youzhi
Mo Youzhi (1811-1871), whose courtesy name was Zisi, also known as Heting, also known as Ziquan and Suisou, was a late Qing epigrapher, bibliographer and calligrapher from Dushan, Guizhou, and an important member of the Song Poetry School. Mo Youzhi is one of the top ten calligraphers of the Qing Dynasty. His main representative works include "Bibliography of Zhijian Biography" and "Records of the Zhijing Zhai Collection".
9. Yang Yisun
Yang Yisun (1813-1881), courtesy name Ziyu, Ziyu, nickname Yongchun, Haosou, was a native of Changshu, Jiangsu Province. He was a famous calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty. His skills in seal script were assimilated into both large and small seal scripts. Profound and profound, his main representative works include "Seven-Character Couplet as a Presentation to Brother Shaoqing", "Explanation of Texts and Questions about Falsehoods", "Biography of Wanbai Mountain People", "Ode to Stone Drums", etc.