Li Si is highly praised by history for his achievements in the creation and promotion of Biography. Zhang Huaiguan, a calligraphy theorist in the Tang Dynasty, called his calligraphy "it is not easy to be the father of Li Kai if the painting is solid and the words are soaring".
Second place: Zhang Zhi, a great calligrapher in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Zhang Zhi of Dunhuang "learned the method of Cui (Yuan) and Du (Cao), and changed it to become a modern grass." The font is written in one stroke and occasionally disconnected, but the blood vessels are continuous and even the veins are connected. Later, he was called "Cao Sheng".
Third place: Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher in Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Aunt Wang Xizhi's post
Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is almost synonymous with China's calligraphy. If the first calligrapher in China is to be elected, no matter whether it is academic or folk, everyone will unanimously recommend Wang Xizhi. Because his influence on China's calligraphy is unparalleled. Wang Xizhi's masterpiece Preface to Lanting is known as "the best running script in the world".
Fourth place: Sun, an outstanding calligrapher and theorist in the Tang Dynasty.
Partial map of Sun's "The Fifth Cursive Thousand Characters"
Sun is a tragic calligrapher with few talents, but his life is bumpy. He was a small official of the 1989 s, but unfortunately he died young in middle age, which left a great regret for history. His cursive script inherited the brushwork of the "two kings", but found a new way and became his own.
What is particularly commendable is that his theoretical attainments are extremely high, reaching the highest level of his contemporaries, and there are few peerless people in the whole history of calligraphy in China. The masterpiece Shupu is not only a famous cursive script, but also one of the most outstanding works of calligraphy theory in the history of calligraphy in China.
Fifth place: Emperor calligrapher Li Shimin.
Li Shimin's "Hot Springs"
Li Shimin is an outstanding politician and a brilliant scholar. In addition to managing politics, he is also exposed to calligraphy; And adopted a series of policies and measures to promote the development of calligraphy, which had an inestimable impact on the emergence of the peak of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty.