Who was the famous calligrapher, writer and tea scientist in the Northern Song Dynasty?

Cai Xiang. Cai Xiang was a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty, a calligrapher, writer and tea scientist.

Calligrapher: Cai Xiang is good at regular script, running script and cursive script. His calligraphy is vigorous and dignified, simple and beautiful, and it is unique. When I exhibited Cai Xiang's calligraphy, I suddenly felt a spring breeze on my face, full of gorgeous Wen Ya breath.

2. Literati: Cai Xiang wrote 370 poems, which is wonderful; 64 memorials and 584 essays were included in Cai Zhonghui's official documents.

3. Tea scientist: He once presided over the production of Beiyuan tribute tea "Xiaolong Group". The book "Tea Story" summarizes the experience of making and tasting tea in ancient times. Litchi Spectrum is known as "the world's first taxonomic work on fruit trees".

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Anecdotes of characters:

In A.D. 1054, Zhang Guifei, loved by the harem, died, and Song Renzong was heartbroken. She was canonized as Queen Wencheng and received the highest standard of courtesy. After the inscription of "The Monument to the Empress Wencheng" was drafted, Song Renzong ordered Cai Xiang to write it.

However, Cai Xiang was dissatisfied with Song Renzong's high-standard burial of Zhang Guifei. His repeated suggestions failed, and he was angry. He simply ignored Song Renzong's wish to let him write a tombstone and refused: "This is not my duty, don't write!" The emperor had to give up.

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