Calligraphers are people who are good at calligraphy, have the ability to write Chinese characters and push Chinese characters to the artistic level. In short, it is an artist who mainly creates calligraphy, or someone who is proficient in calligraphy.
Point-and-shoot speed
Zhang Xu and Huai Su, two famous cursive masters in the Tang Dynasty, will integrate "crazy elements" in the future. Together, they pushed the weeds to the peak, and they also stood on the platform of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, which received too much attention and praise. Zhang Xu's cursive script, which inherited the two kings and traced back to Zhang Zhi, has obvious originality. His book is unrestrained and uninhibited, and the vertical pen is like a rabbit, and there is a tendency of sudden rain and sudden wind.
Xu Zhang
Zhang Xu was born in Wuxian County (now Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province). He was a famous calligrapher in the middle Tang Dynasty, and was known as "Zhang Changshi". Because he is good at calligraphy, he is called "Cao Sheng" today. According to legend, Zhang Xu's calligraphy was a beginner of Lu Yanyuan, and later he worked in Chang 'an, where he met Yan Zhenqing and Du Fu. Zhang Xu is known as the "Eight Immortals of Drinking" because of his passion for drinking. According to the New Tang Book, Zhang Xu likes to write calligraphy after drinking, which is called "Crazy Grass". His calligraphy is famous for its exaggerated contrast, constant entanglement of emotional lines and grotesque shapes. In the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty, it is praised as "God helps but changes endlessly". His works handed down from ancient times include Four-character Poems, Soliloquy, Abdominal Pain, etc.
Huai Su
Huai Su, whose words are hidden in truth, is from Changsha. The common surname is Qian, a monk and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. Diligent in learning books, famous for being good at cursive writing. People in the Tang Dynasty called it a drunken monk. Huai Su's early calligraphy mainly focused on learning from Ou Yangxun. Later, his brushwork was vertical and horizontal, his posture fluctuated, and he showed people with colorful images, which was unique and interesting. Predecessors commented that its wild grass was inherited and developed from Zhang Xu, and it was called "crazy element" or "drunk element", which had a far-reaching influence on later generations. Handed down works include autobiography, bitter bamboo shoots, eating fish, Notre Dame and so on.