The short story of the famous calligrapher is as follows:
1. Digging graves and stealing art
Zhong Yao was a man in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. He was very persistent and enthusiastic about the study of calligraphy. , has almost reached the point of madness. It is said that he used to study in Baodu Mountain. In order to practice calligraphy well, he wrote all the rocks and trees in the mountain black.
Once, he was discussing calligraphy brushes with Cao Cao, Wei Dan and others. Zhong Yao wanted to borrow this book on calligraphy from Wei Dan, but Wei Dan refused. After Wei Dan passed away, Zhong Yao sent someone to dig out the book from the grave, studied it repeatedly, and finally understood the secret of using the pen.
2. Studying ink as a meal with great concentration
The famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi once had lunch. The boy brought his favorite garlic paste and steamed buns, and urged him to eat them several times. , he still didn’t even raise his head, as if he hadn’t heard anything, concentrating on reading and writing.
Wang Xizhi’s mother came to the study and saw that Xizhi was holding a piece of steamed bun stained with ink and putting it into his mouth, which made his mouth full of black. Wang Xizhi persisted for decades, studied hard and practiced constantly, and developed very solid kung fu, which laid the foundation and paved the way for his future development.
3. Zheng Banqiao learned calligraphy
Zheng Banqiao, one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou, has loved calligraphy since he was a child. One night he wrote on his thigh with his fingers. As he wrote, he wrote on his wife. His wife hit his hand angrily and said, "You have your body, and I have mine. Why not write about your own body or someone else's body?"
Zheng Banqiao thought that everyone has his own body, and each has his own font when writing, which is different! Why do you always learn other people's fonts instead of going your own way?
From then on, he took the strengths of each school, mixed official script with seal script, cursive script, running script, and regular script, and used the method of painting to write, and finally formed a six-point style that is both elegant and popular, and is highly appreciated by everyone. Banshu, also known as Stone Pavement Street Style, became a famous calligrapher and painter with a high reputation in the Qing Dynasty.
4. Brush Tomb
Zen Master Zhiyong was born between the Sui and Tang Dynasties and was the seventh generation grandson of Wang Xizhi. Because he practiced calligraphy very hard, all the worn out brushes were discarded in big bamboo baskets. Here, after years of living, he accumulated five large baskets, so he made inscriptions himself and buried these pens, which are called pen tombs, which shows his love for books and cherishing things.
5. Liu Gongquan worked hard to practice calligraphy
An old man told Liu Gongquan when he was a child that when he wrote eight tanks of water, the inkstone dyed the waterlogged pond black; by winning over hundreds of parents, he could win the dragon and the phoenix. Liu Gongquan kept the old man's words in mind and worked hard to practice calligraphy from then on. Thick calluses formed on my hands, and my clothes and elbows were patched layer by layer. After hard training, Liu Gongquan finally became a famous calligrapher in my country.