Wang Xizhi (303 ~ 36 1, alias 32 1 ~ 379), a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was born in Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong), and was later called "Wang Youjun" because he was a general of the right army. When Wang Xizhi was a teenager, he studied regular script from Mrs. Wei, and later changed to a beginner. He studied cursive script from Zhang Zhi and regular script from Zhong You. He learned from other people's strengths, crafted and innovated, changed the simple style of calligraphy since the Han and Wei Dynasties, formed a new style of beauty and beauty, and eventually became a great man. His calligraphy has various styles, and he is especially good at writing calligraphy and running script. His words are magnificent and varied, which are highly praised by calligraphers of all ages and have a great influence on later generations. Therefore, Wang Xizhi enjoys the title of "Calligraphy Sage". His Preface to Lanting has been passed down through the ages, and has been praised as "the best running script in the world" by later generations.
Ou Yangxun (557 ~ 64 1 year) was born in Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan). Guan Ju graduated from Hongwenguan with a bachelor's degree, and was also called "the four schools in the early Tang Dynasty" with Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi. He read extensively about the past and the present, and did everything in his power, especially his integrity and running mode. His regular script structure is bold and unique, and it is called "European style" by later generations, represented by the inscription of Liquan in Jiucheng Palace. Ou Yangxun's greatest contribution is his arrangement of regular script structure. According to legend, Ou Yangxun summed up 36 methods to construct regular script fonts, and named them "Ou Yangxun 36 Methods". Yan Zhenqing (709 ~ 785), a native of Xiaolangdi (now Feixian County, Shandong Province), was a minister and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. Yan Zhenqing was a scholar in the Kaiyuan period and served as a consultant in the temple. After An Lushan launched a rebellion, he contacted his brother Yan Gaoqing to fight back. After the official to the official department ministers, Prince Taishi, Lu Feng, the history of Yan. Yan Zhenqing began to learn calligraphy by Chu Suiliang, and later studied under Zhang Xu. Block letters are dignified and dignified, and the momentum is open. Running script is full of vitality and richness. The ancient law has changed and created a new style, which has a great influence on later generations. It is called Yan Ti, and it is also called "Yan Liu" with Liu Gongquan. Liu Gongquan (778 ~ 865) was born in Jingzhao Huayuan (now Yaoxian County, Shaanxi Province). He loved learning when he was young, and he was able to write ci at the age of 12. Because he is good at calligraphy, he is called a Bachelor of Hanlin by Mu Zong Hengli. Mu Zong once asked him how to write the best pen. He said: "When writing the pen in your heart, your heart is regular and your pen is correct." This famous saying was handed down as a "pen admonition" by later generations. Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is good at regular script, and he is as famous as Yan Zhenqing, and he is also called "Yan Liu". He caught up with Wei Jin and early Tang Dynasty and was influenced by Yan Zhenqing. He has a unique way between the charm of Jin people and elegant calligraphy, and is called "Liu Ti". Its charm is vigorous, which can be compared with that of Yan Shu, and later generations have the reputation of "Yan Gu". Zhang Xu (birth and death unknown) was born in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and his ancestral home. He was a good calligrapher when he was a teenager. At the beginning of his official career, he worked as a county commandant in Changshu, and later became an official in Jinwu, so he was called "Zhang Changshi". Zhang Xu is free and easy, generous, brilliant and knowledgeable, and has close friends with Li Bai and He. Du Fu listed them as "Eight Immortals of Drinking". Zhang Xu's calligraphy began with Zhang Zhi and Two Kings. His regular script is correct and rigorous, and the rules are extremely strict. Huang Tingjian praised it as "the Tang Dynasty regular script is second to none." Zhang Xu developed the popular "modern cursive script" at that time into a "wild grass" with bold brushwork and changeable glyphs, and became the founder of China Wild Grass. His masterpiece "Four Ancient Poems in Cursive Script" is full of strokes, ups and downs in brushwork, alternating motion and static, and full of paper, which is the peak of cursive script. The appearance of Zhang Xu's "Crazy Grass" calligraphy broke the basic composition of Chinese characters in China and pushed China's calligraphy to the peak of pure art. Huai Su (737 ~ 799), a calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, was born in Lingling, Yongzhou (now Lingling, Hunan). Known as "weeds", history is called "sage of grass". Huai Su became a monk at the age of seven. He has been interested in calligraphy since he was a child. After meditation, he studied calligraphy diligently. Because he had no money to buy paper to practice calligraphy, he planted many plantains in the open space next to the temple, and used plantain leaves instead of paper to practice calligraphy, hence the name "Qingmiao". After a long period of diligent study and painstaking research, bald pens were piled up and buried at the foot of the mountain, named "Pen Tomb". There is a small pool next to it, which is often washed with inkstone water and turned black. It's called Mo Chi. Huai Su's cursive script is thin and vigorous, flying naturally, like a whirlwind of showers. Although his calligraphy is ever-changing and ever-changing, his statutes are readily available. Huai Su's handed down books include Autobiography Notes, Notes on Bitter Bamboo Shoots and Notes on Eating Fish. Mi Fei's Haiyue Book Review said: "Huai Su, like a strong man, drew his sword and moved, but made a detour to advance and retreat." Later generations commented on his calligraphy, inherited Zhang Xu's brushwork and developed it. The so-called "crazy following subversion" is also called "subversion drunkenness". Huai Su and Zhang Xu formed two peaks of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty, which were also two unattainable peaks in the history of cursive writing in China.