Zhong You, whose name is Chang, was born in Yingchuan Changshe, and his official position was Taifu, so he was known as "Zhong Taifu". He is obsessed with calligraphy and is regarded as the originator of regular script. The names of regular script handed down from generation to generation include declaration form, He Jie form, season recommendation form, life force form, tomb-field military script post, etc. Zhang Huaiguan in the Tang Dynasty called his calligraphy "the end of a book": "Chang Yuan's real calligraphy is peerless, but he is too pedantic, too rigid and too prepared. There are many different interests between stippling and painting. It can be described as profound and boundless, and quaint. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there has been only one person. "
Wang Xizhi, whose name is Shao Yi, was born in Langya (now Linyi, Shandong). He was a general from the official to the right, and was called "Wang Youjun". He was born in a noble family, the leader of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At first, she was Mrs Wei's teacher, and later she became famous in Cai Yong, Zhong You and others. Create a beautiful and changing new body. Among Wang Xizhi's masterpieces handed down from ancient times, there are Huang Tingjing, Lun and portrait praise in regular script. Running script has the reputation of "the best running script in the world", such as Preface to Lanting, Sunny Post in the Snow, Mourning Post and so on. The most famous cursive script is Seventeen Posts. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy was highly praised by later generations. Emperor Taizong personally wrote "The Biography of Wang Xizhi": "A detailed examination of ancient and modern times, a fine study of seal elements, perfect, but Wang Yi is the only one! Look at the slow work, the fine work is wonderful, the smoke is about to drip, the break is even, the wind is long and flat, and the potential is straight. You don't feel tired when you play, and you don't know its ending when you watch it. I want to be chased by my hand, but this man is just. What about the rest of the district? "
Word, word, fine print official slave, known as "Wang Daling." The seventh son of Wang Xizhi, whose calligraphy achievements are as famous as his father, is known as the "two kings" in the world. Wang Xianzhi's famous works handed down from ancient times include Ode to Luoshen in regular script (there are only thirteen lines left, and the jade version is also called thirteen lines), and the cursive scripts handed down from ancient times include Mid-Autumn Festival Post and Duck Head Pill Post. Wang Xianzhi's calligraphy style is different from his father's, which is mainly manifested in the following aspects: (1) extending his body with a brush, especially the so-called "one stroke", which is magnificent and unrestrained; Second, letters, lines and grass alternate and unpredictable, so-called "broken books."
Calligraphy in the Southern Dynasties inherited the ethos of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was influenced by the calligraphy style of the "two kings". Zhiyong, Chen Sui, grandson of Wang Xizhi VII. He studied under the Keshao family, and the "True Grass Thousand Characters" passed on the family laws of the two kings. He was good at learning and outstanding.
Calligraphy in the Northern Dynasties is mainly bold and simple, with epitaphs, cliff carvings, statues and so on. Especially in the Northern Wei Dynasty, regular script was the most famous, which was called "Wei Bei" and "Northern Wei Style". From the perspective of style, the masterpieces of the North Monument can be divided into four categories: ① Fang Bi's carvings are sharp, and the oblique paintings are tight, represented by Zhang Menglong Monument and Longmen Twenty Paintings; (2) The round pen is plain and plain, and the flat painting is wide and knotted, represented by Zheng Wengong Monument and Mount Tai Diamond Sutra; (3) Fiona Fang has both ability and subtle changes, represented by Epitaph of Zhang Xuan and Epitaph of Carving Zun; (4) Fei Yi Hunmu is open and unrestrained, represented by Shimen Ming.