Who are the four great calligraphers in Qing Dynasty?

In the middle of Qing dynasty, there were many people who were good at calligraphy. Among them, Weng Fanggang, Liu Yong and Liang are famous for their calligraphy, and they are also called "Weng, Liu, Liang and Wang". Later generations called them the four great families of Qing Dynasty.

Calligraphy in the Qing Dynasty was a period of revival of stele school, which has been passed down to this day. In the early Qing Dynasty, some literati and calligraphers used calligraphy to express their unbalanced psychology of Manchu entering the Central Plains. They inherited the anti-traditional spirit of the late Ming Dynasty and expressed their anguish. Representative figures are Wang Duo, Eighth National Congress and Fu Shan. Wang Duo, Huang Daozhou, Ni and Fu Shan encouraged each other, opposed the tradition, corrected the gentle and lovely style of calligraphy at that time, and flaunted their strength. He is the second king who studied Zhong You and cursive script, and also participated in Yan, Huang and Mi. The bold and unrestrained use of pen, strange structure and intricate composition have great influence on later generations. Fu Shan emphasized character, opposed servility and vulgarity, denounced Zhao's vulgarity and lack of backbone, and advocated "not being smart, rather ugly than flattering, rather being tactless, rather really leading Xinjiang arrangements." His cursive script is the highest achievement, with tangled stippling, dripping brushwork and majestic atmosphere, which fully embodies the characteristics of the times in the great turmoil in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. The mainstream of calligraphy in the early Qing Dynasty was Iron School. Kangxi is good at Dong, Zhao and Dong Zhao's calligraphy style is popular all over the world. In the early Ming Dynasty, the "Taige Style" evolved into a "pavilion style" characterized by black and round light, and the representative calligraphers were Zhang Zhao, Weng Fanggang, Liu Yong, Liang,. The last four people were called "the Four Houses of Qing Dynasty", Liu was called "Prime Minister of Thick Ink" and Wang was called "Exploring Flowers with Light Ink". At the same time, a group of folk painters explored calligraphy, and merged various calligraphy schools with Chinese painting, which produced special artistic effects. Zheng Xie, Jin Nong and others, represented by the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou", have made great achievements.