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Su Shi should be the most famous of these four people, although people know more about him because he is a famous poet and writer. But his achievements in calligraphy art are no less than his achievements in literature. His work Huangzhou Cold Food Post, the third running book in the world, shows that he is an excellent calligrapher. This work, written at the Three-year Cold Food Festival of Su Shi's relegation to Huangzhou, reflects the author's inner loneliness and frustration. Throughout the ups and downs, rapid and steady, dripping and carefree, in one go, Su Shi integrated his mood changes into the changes of font lines. In addition, his calligraphy works include Qian Chibi Fu, Dong Ting Chun Fu, Zhongshan Songlao Fu and so on.
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After Su Shi, let's talk about Huang Tingjian. He was born in Su Shi's family, and he was also called "Four Bachelor of Su Men" with Zhang Lei, Qin Guan and Chao. Later, he and Su Shi were called "Su Huang" together. In running script, his best calligraphy styles are running script and cursive script. Huang Tingjian is good at learning from the advantages of his predecessors, and his teacher Su Shi has the greatest influence on him. In Huang Tingjian's Book Theory, he repeatedly commented on Su Dongpo's calligraphy, mostly praising it highly. Su Dongpo is not only a teacher and promoter of Huang Tingjian's literature, but also an example for him to learn calligraphy. The cursive script had the most profound influence on him, and it was Zhou Yue of the same generation. Huang Tingjian's cursive script opened and closed freely, and entered the realm of writing freely. And its pen, by contrast, is more calm and elegant, although ups and downs, but also can stay everywhere, stay everywhere. Created a new realm of cursive script in China, represented by Zhu Shangtie.
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The third is Mifei, who is called "Mi Dian", and is named after his eccentric personality and crazy behavior. Mi Fei is good at poetry, calligraphy and painting, and his appraisal is accurate. He is a painter, appraiser and collector, and he is second to none in Song Sijia. He spent the most time on calligraphy and achieved the greatest success. Shu Su Tie, one of the top ten famous posts handed down from ancient times in China, is his masterpiece, written on precious cloth and silk Shu Su, with eight poems written by Mi Fei himself. "Shu Su Tie" has a wonderful structure, flexible changes, beautiful and straight fonts, and graceful demeanor. Fiona Fang combines rigidity with softness. It was praised by later generations as the first beautiful post in China.
Finally, I'd like to introduce Cai Xiang to you. Be upright, honest, trustworthy and knowledgeable. Cai Xiang's calligraphy is vigorous and dignified, simple and graceful, and is unique. Cai Xiang's calligraphy was highly respected at that time, among which Su Shi and Ouyang Xiu were the most loyal fans. Ouyang Xiu, in particular, praised Cai Xiang's calligraphy. Handed down from ancient times, there are poems written by themselves, poems written by Xie Ci, poems written by Shen Tao and anxiety.