What anecdotes do you have about ancient calligraphy?

1, Mo Chi, Washington

Wang Xizhi practiced calligraphy at the age of 7, and was diligent and eager to learn. /kloc-at the age of 0/7, he stole his father's previous calligraphy works and read them. When he is mature, he practices writing. He sat by the pool every day practicing calligraphy, seeing off the dusk and welcoming the dawn. He finished writing more or less ink, more or less rotten pens, and washed pens in the pool water every day. It took a long time for a pool of water to become ink. This is the legendary Mo Chi that people see in Shaoxing today.

2. Dig graves and steal works of art

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhong You was very persistent and enthusiastic about calligraphy learning, almost to the point of madness. Dan Wei was also a calligrapher at that time. Zhong You wanted to borrow Dan Wei's "pen theory", but Shan Wei refused. Zhong You was so angry that he beat his chest and vomited blood. Fortunately, Cao Cao saved his life with five magic pills. After Dan Wei's death, Zhong You sent someone to dig this book out of the grave. After repeated research, he finally understood the secret of using a pen.

3. Assistant Secretary Walker

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, a man named Xu, who was afraid of being an official, fled to the mountains. Can't talk because of illness. A few years later, a Buddhist temple will choose a person who is good at calligraphy and write couplets for the pillars in the temple. Xu made another big taboo when he didn't pay attention to the beams lying on the ground. The abbot of the temple was very angry and hit him on the back with a cane. He quickly wrote on the ground with his hand: "Although I can't speak, I have learned Chinese calligraphy. I hope I can try." As a result, let him have a try, and all the monks in the temple are convinced and willing to let him write everything, no matter what his faults are.

4. Bizuka

Zhiyong Zen master, born in Sui and Tang Dynasties, is the seventh grandson of Wang Xizhi. Because he practiced calligraphy very hard, all the broken brushes were discarded in the bamboo basket. After years of life, he accumulated five baskets, so he wrote an inscription and buried these pens, which is called the pen grave. It can be seen that he loves books and treasures things.

5, iron gate restrictions

Master Zhiyong is good at regular script and cursive script, and can master Wang Xizhi's demeanor. Although he practiced in Yongxing Temple, his calligraphy became more and more famous. Many people ask for his calligraphy works through various relationships. People came and went in an endless stream, and the threshold was trampled, so he had to wrap the threshold with iron sheets. People laughed and called it "iron gate limit".