The record of Zhang Fei's calligraphy was first seen in Tao Hongying's Sword Record in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. He wrote: "Zhang Feichu worshipped the new pavilion, pretending that artisans refined Chishan iron into knives. Ming said: New Pavilion Hou, General Shu also. Later, I killed him and killed him in Wu. " The inscription on Hou Dao in Xintianting is Zhang Fei's calligraphy work.
Yang Shen wrote twenty-seven volumes of the General Record of Dan and Lead, saying, "There are Zhang Fei and Diao Douming in Fuling, whose words are very clever and also written by Fei." Also in the Ming Dynasty, another cliff stone carving, the legendary "Zhang Ma Fei Ming", was discovered in Liujiang County, Sichuan Province, and Zhang Fei's status as a calligrapher was thus established. Deng Tuo said in "On Zhang Fei's Calligraphy and Painting": "China calligraphers are not limited to literati, but also many military commanders, such as Yue Fei and Zhang Fei".
Zhang Fei was strong-willed by nature and strong-willed when he was a child. Mr. Wang Yangnian, who usually teaches him to learn literature and martial arts, was afraid that he would get into trouble. He came up with a plan to let him practice calligraphy and draw beautiful women, exercise his patience and dilute his strong character. Over time, in less than three years, Zhang Fei's paintings and calligraphy have grown rapidly and are very popular with everyone. Zhang Fei amused himself. Later, his eldest brother Liu Bei went to the north to fight in the south. Every time he captured a city, he always liked to gather all the beautiful women in the city to satisfy his hobby of "painting beautiful women". He learned that the intrepid Zhang Fei also had a delicate side, which also helped him form a rough and refined character in his military career.
In his youth, Lu You also had the ambition of "mounting a horse to attack the crazy Hu and dismounting the grass to write a book", but he didn't expect that Zhang Fei really did it for him as early as the Three Kingdoms period. Yuan Zhen Wu's poem "Zhang Yide Temple" said: "It is more clever to ride a bike when Guan Hou satirizes the left home. Although civil and military interests are different, the ancients tasted more than enough. It is difficult to think about your wrist with a spear. " Zhang Fei's calligraphy is so accomplished that even the famous calligraphers of the Three Kingdoms-Zhong You of Wei and the statue of the emperor of Wu-can't compare with him.
In ancient times, calligraphy and painting were often separated. Zhang Fei not only has excellent calligraphy works, but also loves painting, especially beauty painting. According to Zhuo erchang's explanation of the essence of meta-painting in Ming Dynasty, "Zhang Fei ... likes to paint beautiful women and is good at cursive writing." Zhang Fei's original calligraphy still exists in the world. Unfortunately, Zhang Fei's original painting has not been discovered so far, which is also a small regret in history.