Count the famous calligraphers in China history.

In the world, there are only a handful of nationalities with calligraphy art, and China's calligraphy has a long history. Calligraphy, as a unique traditional artistic expression in China, has developed for thousands of years. Since ancient times, Chinese characters have been the mainstay in the history of calligraphy, and some famous calligraphers have been born in every dynasty. Among them, which calligraphers are more famous? This article will take stock and briefly introduce the top ten most famous calligraphers in ancient China, and let's get to know them together.

1. Wang Xizhi

Wang Xizhi is a famous calligrapher and minister in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he is known as the "sage of books". In Yonghe for nine years, he compiled the Collection of Lanting Ya and wrote the Preface to Lanting, which became the first running script in the world. His style is peaceful and natural, euphemistic and subtle, and his brushwork is beautiful, which has a far-reaching influence on the development of China's calligraphy.

2. Ou Yangxun

Ou Yangxun's new version became a doctor in Taichang after Yang Di succeeded to the throne, and later he was a minister of Tang Dynasty with Prince Geng Ling, a bachelor of Hong Wen Pavilion and a native of Bohai County. This calligrapher, who is proficient in calligraphy, consists of Huangfu's birthday tablet, Huadu Temple tablet and thousands of calligraphy works.

3. Yan Zhenqing

Yan Zhenqing, a famous minister in the Tang Dynasty, was a scholar in the 22nd year of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. He was a famous minister in the Tang Dynasty, and served as an imperial adviser and temple official. He is good at running script and regular script. He is one of the four masters of regular script with exquisite calligraphy ability after Chu Suiliang and Zhang Xu, and has a great influence on later generations.

4. Liu Gongquan

Liu Gongquan is a 29-year-old scholar and the younger brother of Liu Gongchuo, the minister of war. He was also a famous official in the mid-Tang Dynasty, named Prince Shao Shi, and an official in Hedong County. This famous calligrapher and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, who is famous for his regular script calligraphy and has met famous calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, is one of the four famous calligraphers in regular script, with works such as Diamond Sutra Monument and Xuanta Monument.

5. Huai Su

Huai Su was an outstanding calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He became a monk since childhood and was good at cursive writing, just like Zhang Xu. This calligrapher, who has a reputation as a sage of grass, formed a situation in which two peaks of calligraphy stood side by side in the Tang Dynasty with his thin brushwork and natural cursive script. His calligraphy works were composed of self-narrative posts and cursive scripts.

6. He Ji Shao

He, a native of Daozhou, Hunan Province, is also a famous poet, painter and calligrapher in the late Qing Dynasty. He is proficient in classics and history and is good at inscriptions in primary schools. His calligraphy is from Yan Zhenqing, and he is good at cursive. His works, such as "A Piece of Truth", "With Pottery Taste" and "Fasting", remain in the world.

7. Chen Xianzhang

Chen Xianzhang, born in 1428, is known as one of the four major sacrifices of Baisha and Confucius Temple. He is also an outstanding thinker, philosopher, calligrapher and educator in the Ming Dynasty, and has the reputation of being one person in Lingnan, a generation of true Confucianism, and a saint and a southern Sect. His works such as No Laziness, Ciyuan Temple Monument and Immortal Ci Zan remain in the world.

8. Ni Zan

Ni Zan, whose real name was Yu Tai, was a painter and poet influenced by Zhao Mengfu in the late Yuan Dynasty and early Ming Dynasty. His calligraphy is mainly official script, with the demeanor of Jin people, and his works such as Six Literati Paintings and Qing Pavilion Collection are handed down from generation to generation.

9. Wang Duo

Viscount Wang Duo, the son of Wang Benren, was a minister in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and took the imperial examination in the second year of the apocalypse. He has successively served as the Prince of Shaobao, the Minister of Rites, and the University of Tengge in North Korea. This minister who is good at calligraphy is a painter and calligrapher as famous as Dong Qichang.

10. Dong Qichang

Dong Qichang, named Xuanzai, was a scholar in the seventeenth year of Wanli and a minister in the late Ming Dynasty. He is also an official, who has served as the war history of Taichang Shao Qing, Guo Zi Ye Si and Prince Edward, and participated in the records of Ming Shenzong. He is also a famous painter and calligrapher in ancient times. He is good at painting landscape paintings and has developed his own calligraphy.