Ten Famous Calligraphers in China

The top ten famous calligraphers in China are Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Ou Yangxun, Zhang Xu, Mi Fei, Liu Gongquan, Su Shi, Zhao Meng, Zhong You and Wen Zhiming.

I. Wang Xizhi

Wang Xizhi is the most famous and accomplished calligrapher in China. His calligraphy is good at calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy. He studied his style carefully, imitated others with his heart, learned from others, and had far-reaching influence. The masterpiece is Preface to Lanting, which is known as "the best running script in the world".

Second, Yan Zhenqing.

Yan Zhenqing is the most accomplished and influential calligrapher after Wang Xizhi. His cursive brushwork conveys a calm, heroic and free and easy master atmosphere, which is called "Yan Ti". The representative works mainly include many inscriptions such as "Sacrifice to My Nephew", "Contention for Seats" and "Ma Gu Bei".

Third, Ou Yangxun.

As one of the four famous regular script writers in history, Ou Yangxun has his own unique views on calligraphy, including the "eight methods" of calligraphy. His calligraphy achievements are based on regular script, with bold brushwork and unique structure, which is called "European style" by later generations.

Fourth, Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu is famous for his cursive script, dancing with Li Bai's poems and Pei Minzhi's sword, which is called "Three Musts". Poetry is also unique, famous for its seven wonders. It ranks alongside Li Bai, He and others as one of the Eight Immortals. Together with He, Zhang and Bao Rong, they are called "four sons of Wuzhong". Calligraphy is as famous as Huai Su.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) Mifei

Mi Fei is one of the "Four Great Masters of Song Dynasty" (Su, Mi, Huang and Cai). He is good at seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script, and he is good at copying ancient calligraphy, reaching the level of confusion. His writing style is bold and unconstrained, and his statutes are rigorous.

Sixth, Liu Gongquan.

Liu Gongquan's calligraphy absorbed the advantages of Yan Zhenqing and He, and formed his own "Liu Style", which is famous for its strength and strength, and later generations have the reputation of "Yan Gu". Liu Gongquan's calligraphy was very famous at that time in the Tang Dynasty, and there was a saying among the people that "Liu Zi is a thousand dollars".

Seven, Su Shi

Su Shi is good at writing regular script, and his pen is ups and downs, which is naive and interesting. Huangzhou Cold Food Sticker is a masterpiece of Su Shi's running script, which is known as "the third running script in the world".

Eight, Zhao Meng

Zhao Meng not only created a new style in painting, but also was the first person in Yuan Dynasty, and was later called "Zhao Ti". There are many books handed down from generation to generation by Zhao Meng, such as Thousand-Character Works, Ode to Luoshen, Biography of Ji An, Danba Monument, and Xi Ci.

Nine, Zhong You

Zhong You learned from others and was good at all aspects, especially regular script, which formed a new look from official script to regular script, and was honored as the "originator of regular script" by later generations. Representative works include He Jie Biao, Li Ming Biao, Declaration Form and Compilation Table.

X. Wen Zhiming

Wen Zhiming studied calligraphy under Li Yingzhen, and then extensively studied the marks of the previous generation of famous artists, especially good at running script and lower case letters. He is gentle, strict in statutes and vivid in meaning. His representative works include Fu Qin, Ten Notes of Caotang, Thousand-character Works, etc.