Zhang Xu's calligraphy works include Four Ancient Poems, Heart Sutra in Cursive Script, Painful Abdomen Sticker, Langguan Shizhu and so on. Zhang Xu's calligraphy skills are profound, and he created a model of the writing style of Mad Grass with his exquisite brushwork and bold temperament.
Zhang Xu (685? -759? ), the word Gao Bo, the word Ji Ming, was born in Wuxian County, Suzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province), a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, good at cursive writing and fond of drinking. He is called "Zhang Dian" by the world, "Wu Sizi" with Huai Su, "Wu Sizi" with He, Zhang and Bao Rong, and "drinking" with whom. His cursive script is similar to Li Bai's poems and songs.
Zhang Xu was born in a family with a high family background. He studied calligraphy under his cousin Lu Yanyuan, and was highly praised by Wu Daozi and Yan Zhenqing after his success. When he was old, he was promoted or recommended, recruited talents, entered the official position, and was released as a captain of Changshu County. He has served as the left governor and the governor, so he is called "Zhang Changshi" by the world; He died in the second year of Gan Yuan (759) at the age of 75.
Zhang Xu developed and raised the calligraphy art, especially cursive script, to a new height, and created a magnificent cursive script with far-reaching artistic conception. Although Zhang Xu had a large number of calligraphy works before his death, there were not many original works handed down, mainly because of the changes of the times and a long time ago, many original works were lost in the artillery fire of the historical changes of the dynasty.
There are very few works that we can see and appreciate now. Famous works include Four Ancient Poems, Diarrhea Pain Post and so on.
"Four Ancient Poems" was collected by the Ming and Qing court, and now this work is collected by Liaoning Museum. For thousands of years, many people have worried about the author of this work. Some people think that it was written by Xie Lingyun, while others think that it is only a work in the Northern Song Dynasty. Later, a connoisseur named Yang published an article in a journal, claiming that this work is Zhang Xu's masterpiece, which has been in use ever since, so now people generally think that it is Zhang Xu's masterpiece, and it has become one of Zhang Xu's masterpieces.