What are the five forms of calligraphy?

Regular script, running script, cursive script, official script and seal script.

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The four most famous writers of regular script calligraphy are:

Don Ou Yangxun (European Sports)

Tang Yan's true feelings (Yan Ti)

Tang Liu Gongquan (Liu Ti)

Yuan Zhao Mengfu (Zhao Ti)

2. Running script

Running script is a kind of calligraphy, which is divided into running script and running script. Those with more patterns than grass patterns are called "running patterns", and those with more grass patterns are called "running grass".

3, cursive script

The cursive script is divided into: Cao Zhang and Cao Jin.

4. Official script

Seal script is divided into big seal script and small seal script.

5, seal script

Seal script is a general term for big seal script and small seal script.

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Famous artists of past dynasties

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Li Si, a famous calligrapher, presided over the compilation of Xiao Zhuan. Yishan Stone Carvings, Taishan Stone Carvings, Langya Stone Carvings and Huiji Stone Carvings are all books written by Li Si, which have been highly praised by all dynasties.

Wang Xizhi

Wang Xizhi (303-36 1 in the Eastern Jin Dynasty) is known as a "book saint". The calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was named Shao Yi and Lian Zhai. He was originally from Linyi (now Shandong) and later moved to Yin Shan (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). His famous calligraphy works include Preface to Lanting. "Yue Ji" always says: "Han and Wei have a bell, and Zhang Jue. At the end of Jin Dynasty, there were two kings. " These four are called the "four saints" of ancient calligraphers.

Wang Xianzhi

Zi, a native of Linyi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is a calligrapher and poet, and is famous for his cursive writing. Wang Xianzhi studied calligraphy with his father Xi as a child, and also studied Zhang Zhi. Calligraphy is excellent, especially cursive, and they dare to innovate, making outstanding contributions to modern calligraphy and cursive since Wei and Jin Dynasties. Known as the "little sage" in the history of calligraphy, he is also known as the "two kings" with his father Wang Xizhi.

Ouyang Xun

Ou Yangxun (557-64 1) was born in Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan). Ou Yangxun is known as the first regular script in Tang Dynasty for his rigorous brushwork and precipitous brushwork.