Cai Jing, the first of the four treacherous court officials in Water Margin, is also a famous calligrapher in history. Cai Jing (1047- 1 126), a calligrapher, was a powerful figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. The cousin of Cai Xiang, a famous calligrapher, was born in Chiling, Cixiao, Xianyou County, Xinghua Army in the Northern Song Dynasty. Xining was a scholar for three years. In the first year of Chongning, he was the right assistant minister (right phase) and later became an official. Cai Jing four prime ministers, * * * seventeen years, the first person in ancient and modern times.
There were four calligraphers in the Northern Song Dynasty: Su, Huang, Mi and Cai. A few people think that Cai Yuan refers to Cai Jing, and later generations changed it to Cai Xiang because of its "bad word". Cai studied Cai Xiang's calligraphy with his younger brother in his early years. Xu Hao's calligraphy was loved by the gods when Sergeant Admiralty awarded the Qiantang County Commandant. At that time, the literati learned it one after another. Cai Jing also studied Xu Hao's calligraphy with Su Shi, who was exiled to Qiantang, and later learned from Shen Chuanshi and Ou Yangxun, and later changed to "two kings", learning from the strengths of various schools and becoming a whole. His calligraphy style is charming, his words are vigorous, he is happy and calm, and he has a unique style, which is highly respected in China.
In the thirty-eighth chapter of the Water Margin, Sung River was sentenced to death in Xiajiangzhou because of his anti-poetry. Wu Yong once imitated Cai Jing's handwriting with Xiaorang, and wrote a fake letter to the magistrate Cai Jiu. Wu Yong once said, "Wu Yong has thought about it. There are four popular fonts in the world today, namely Su Dongpo, Huang Luzhi, Mi Yuanzhang and Cai Jing. -Su, Huang, Mi, Cai, the' four musts' in the Song Dynasty. "