Famous calligraphers in ancient my country include Wang Xizhi, Zen Master Zhiyong, Ouyang Tong, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, etc. The specific stories are as follows:
1. Posting couplets at night?
One New Year's Day, Wang Xizhi posted three couplets, but people who liked his calligraphy secretly took them away. I had to write another one on New Year's Eve. He was afraid that someone would take it off again, so he cut it up and down, and pasted half of it on each side first. The first couplet means blessings never come in pairs, and the second couplet means misfortunes never come singly.
This really worked. When people saw that what he wrote was not about Ji Qing Honghuo, they stopped exposing it. At the dawn of the new year, Wang Xizhi posted another half of the couplet, and the couplet became a blessing that never comes alone until today. Misfortune never comes alone. Passers-by heard it and clapped their hands and sighed.
2. Bi Tomb
Zen Master Zhiyong was born in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and was the seventh generation grandson of Wang Xizhi. Because he practiced calligraphy very hard, he discarded all the worn out brushes in big bamboo baskets. After years of living, he accumulated five large baskets, so he made inscriptions himself and buried these pens, which were called pen tombs, which shows his love for books and cherishing things. ?
3. Ouyang Tongxue’s book buys his father’s name
Ouyang Tong is the son of Ouyang Xun. Ouyang Xun died when he was very young. After Ouyang Tong became sensible, his mother began to teach him to imitate his father's calligraphy. Ouyang Tong was young, and when he practiced calligraphy for a long time, he wanted to go out and play, and his handwriting was only so-so. His mother said to him, son, your father's calligraphy is very good. Many people buy his calligraphy at a very high price. You must be like your father and write well.
After hearing this, Ouyang Tong said: "I can also write good calligraphy like my father, but I don't know what my father's calligraphy is like when others buy it." From then on, he often gave his mother's calligraphy I saved up my pocket money and bought back the words my father had sold to others. When others refused to sell, he would pay a high price.
After knowing that his father’s calligraphy was really good, he stopped being lazy when practicing calligraphy. After several years of hard study, Ouyang Tong could write as well as his father, and more and more people came to buy his handwriting.
4. Begging for rice
Yan Zhenqing was an old minister of the three dynasties of the Tang Dynasty. He was loyal and upright and had a good reputation throughout the country. However, because he was honest and self-sufficient, he would never be greedy and take things in vain, so he often could not afford food and clothing. Self-sufficient.
He once wrote a letter begging for rice to Li Taibao at that time, indicating that he was poor at childbirth and had a large number of index fingers at home. The family had been living on porridge for several months, and now there was no rice again. He felt very sad. It disturbs my heart, and I hope that in view of the past friendship, I can ask for some relief to give him some rice. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy achievements have always been respected by future generations, which was somewhat inspired by his personality.
5. Liu Gongquan wrote poems to help others
Tang Wuzong was angry with a female palace official for a long time. Later, he summoned her and said to Liu Gongquan: "I am very dissatisfied with this person." "I'm satisfied. If I can get one of your works, bachelor, I won't blame her." Then I handed him the dozens of papers from Shu County on the imperial case.
Without hesitation, Liu Gongquan immediately wrote a quatrain: "Regardless of the past, I disobeyed the Lord's favor and was willing to guard the long gate alone. Now I have the king's attention, so I returned to the pepper room to wipe away the traces of tears." The emperor was very happy. He was rewarded with two hundred pieces of brocade and ordered the female officials to come forward and thank him.