Zhong You (15 1-230) was born in Shouxian County, Yingchuan County, Yuzhou City (now changge city, Henan Province). Cao Wei was an important official and calligrapher in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty.
Zhong You was born in Yingchuan, Zhongshi. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ju Xiaolian was born, and served as an assistant minister of Shang and Huangmen, assisting Emperor Xiandi to return to Luoyang in the east, and was named Donghou. After gaining the trust of Cao Cao, the prime minister of the dynasty, he became a captain, guarding Guanzhong, and made outstanding achievements, and was compared to Xiao He. Reluctantly moved to a former military adviser.
When Cao Cao was made King of Wei, he served as Wei Dali Qing and Guo Xiang. After the establishment of Cao Wei, after worshiping the court, he moved to Taiwei, ranking first in the three fairs. When he was promoted to be a teacher, he was appointed as Hou of Lingxian County. In the fourth year of Taihe (230), Zhong You died and posthumous title succeeded. At the beginning of four years (243), it was returned to Cao Cao Temple, Emperor Wu of Wei.
Zhong You was good at seal script, official script, original script, running script and cursive script, and he was quite accomplished in calligraphy, which promoted the development of regular script (small script) and had a far-reaching influence on later calligraphy, and was honored as the "originator of regular script" by later generations. He and Wang Xizhi, the sage of books, are called "Zhong Wang". Yu Jianwu of the Southern Dynasties commented that his book was "above the top grade"; In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Huaiguan's Narration was rated as a "masterpiece".
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Zhong You's calligraphy works have various styles, such as seal script, official script, truth, line and cursive script. His calligraphy is simple and elegant, with alternating font sizes and rigorous and meticulous overall layout. Zhang Huaiguan's book end said: "Chang Yuan's true books are peerless, but they are too teachers, so they are gentle and prepared. There are many different interests between stippling and painting, which can be described as profound and antique. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there has been only one person. " His best writing is regular script. Xuanhe Pu Shu commented: "Prepare your statutes and be the father of official books."
Zhong You lived in a period when Chinese characters evolved from official script to regular script and were nearing completion. In the process of the completion of this important evolution of Chinese characters, Zhong You played a powerful role in promoting. On the one hand, he can conform to the trend of the times and be good at learning new books that appear among the people; On the other hand, he studies hard and is good at thinking and learning.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhong Yao