These four people can generally represent the calligraphy style of the Song Dynasty and have the highest achievements, so they are called "Song Sijia".
Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, some people thought that "Cai" should be Cai Jing. Later generations looked down on him, so they changed Cai Jing to Cai Xiang and thought that Cai Xiang's artistic achievements were above Cai Jing.
Character introduction:
1, Su Shi (1037-11year), Zi Zizhan, Dongpo layman, Meishan, Sichuan. A famous writer, painter and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty. Poetry is one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. He and his father, Su Xun, and his younger brother, Su Zhe, are famous for their poems, known as "Su San".
2. Huang Tingjian (1045- 1 105) was born in Lu Zhi, a Taoist priest in the valley, later called Huanggu, later named Fu Weng, and a native of Fenning, Hongzhou (now Xiushui, Jiangxi). Poet and calligrapher of the Northern Song Dynasty. Yingzong Zhiping for four years (1067), Jinshi. Zong Shenxi Ning for three years (1070), with Wang Anshi as prime minister, the implementation of the new law was fiercely opposed by conservatives headed by Sima Guang.
Later, the struggle between the old and new parties intensified until the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. In this struggle, Huang Tingjian sided with the old party. Although he didn't take an active part in this struggle, he was involved in the whirlpool of struggle all his life.
3. Mi Fei ((1051~1107)), with a character seal, Xiangyang is full of life, with a history of the sea and the moon, and a layman. Originally from Taiyuan, Shanxi, I settled in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu.
4. Cai Xiang (10/2 ~1067) was born in Xinghua, Mo Jun (now Xianyou, Fujian). 1030 (the eighth year of Tiansheng), he was a scholar. He worked as a collator in Guange, a remonstrator, a history museum, a knowledge patent, a bachelor in Longtuge, a bachelor in Privy Council, a bachelor in Hanlin, a third secretary, and a bachelor in Duanming Temple in the Central Song Dynasty. He also served as a transshipment ambassador in Fujian Road (now Fuzhou, Fujian) and got to know Quanzhou and Fuzhou. The pawn gave "loyalty" to the assistant minister of does.