Wang Xianzhi 1
Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi are both famous great calligraphers. There is such a little story between father and son. On one occasion, Wang Xizhi went to Beijing on business. When he left, he wrote a few words on the wall at home.
Wang Xianzhi is also good at writing. He secretly erased his father's inscription and wrote his own. After Wang Xianzhi finished writing, he studied it carefully and thought it was well written, which could confuse the authenticity.
When Wang Xizhi came home, he saw the words on the wall and thought they were his own words. He was very dissatisfied and said with a sigh, "I was really drunk when I left home."
Wang Xianzhi felt very ashamed after hearing this. From then on, he practiced calligraphy more seriously and assiduously, and became as famous a calligrapher as his father.
2. Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing, an old minister of three dynasties in Tang Dynasty, is honest and upright, and enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. But because of honesty and self-sufficiency, I will never be greedy, so I often can't eat and wear.
He once wrote a begging letter to Li Taibao at that time, saying that he was poor in production and had many index fingers at home. The whole family has been drinking porridge for several months, and now there is no rice, which is very annoying. I hope to ask for some food relief for the sake of old friendship. That situation is really pitiful. Yan Zhenqing's achievements in calligraphy have always been admired by later generations, and also inspired by his personality to some extent.
3. Zheng Banqiao
Zheng Banqiao, one of the Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou in Qing Dynasty, was fond of calligraphy since childhood. He copied the calligraphy styles of famous ancient calligraphers. After some hard work, he finally wrote something almost identical to his predecessors, and it can confuse people.
But people don't appreciate his calligraphy very much, and he is in a hurry. He studies and practices harder than before. One summer night, he and his wife were sitting outside enjoying the cool. He wrote on his thigh with his finger and on his wife.
His wife hit his hand angrily and said, "You have your body, and I have my body. Why not write about your own body and write about other people's bodies? " When sleeping at night, Zheng Banqiao thought, everyone has his own body, and writing has his own font, which is different!
Why do I always learn other people's fonts instead of writing my own style? Even if you learn the same as others, it's just someone else's font. What's the point without innovation and your own style?
From then on, he learned from the strengths of various schools, combined official script with seal script, grass, lines and model letters, and used painting to write, and finally formed a "six books and a half" which was highly praised by people and often called "rocky pile", and became a famous painter and calligrapher with high reputation in Qing Dynasty.
4. Wang Xizhi
Once at lunch, Wang Xizhi's favorite garlic paste and steamed bread were brought to him, and he was urged to eat quickly several times. He still didn't even look up, as if he didn't hear, and he was absorbed in reading the post and writing.
The meal was cold, so Jibang had to ask Wang Xizhi's mother to persuade him to eat. Mother came to the study, only to find Xihe holding a steamed bread stained with ink and sending it to her mouth, making her mouth black.
It turned out that when Xi Zhi was eating steamed stuffed buns, he was still looking at the words and thinking about how to write them in his mind. As a result, he mistook the ink for garlic. Mother couldn't help laughing when she saw this scene. Wang Xizhi still doesn't know what's going on Hearing his mother's laughter, he also said, "today's mashed garlic is really fragrant!" "
Wang Xizhi persisted for decades, studied hard, kept posting, and practiced very solid kung fu, which laid the foundation and paved the way for his future development.
5. Liu Gongquan
One day, Liu Gongquan and several friends held a "reading club". At this time, an old man selling tofu saw his handwriting, "I can write about the Feng Fei family and dare to boast in front of others." He thought the child was too proud and frowned.
He said: "this word is not well written, just like my tofu." It is soft and flat, and it has no bones. Is it worth boasting in front of people? " Hearing this, Hsiao Kung chuan said unhappily, "Write some words for me if you can."
The old man smiled heartily and said, "No, I dare not. I am a clown and can't write well. " However, some people write with their feet much better than you! If you don't believe me, go to Huajing. "The next day, Hsiao Kung chuan got a vigil and went to Huajing alone. As soon as he entered the capital of China, he saw many people gathered around a big pagoda tree.
He squeezed into the crowd and saw a black and thin old man, without arms and barefoot, sitting on the ground, his left foot pressing paper, his right foot holding a pen, writing couplets freely, and his handwriting was like a galloping horse, while flying while flying, which won applause from the onlookers.
Xiao Gongquan plopped down on his knees in front of the old man and said, "I would like to worship you as a teacher, please tell me the secret of writing ..." The old man quickly pulled Xiao Gongquan up with his feet and said, "I am a lonely man, born without hands, and I can only live skillfully with my feet. How can I be a teacher? " Xiao Gongquan begged, and the old man spread a piece of paper on the ground and wrote a few words with his right foot:
"Write eight cylinders of water, inkstone dyed black; When you win hundreds of parents, you will get a phoenix in Yi Long. " Liu Gongquan kept the old man's words in mind and worked hard to practice calligraphy. Thick cocoons were ground on the hands and the elbows were patched layer by layer. After hard training, Liu Gongquan finally became a famous calligrapher in China.