The eight great calligraphers are Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Huai Su, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, Zhao Mengfu, Wang Duo and Wu Changshuo.
A calligrapher is a person who is good at calligraphy. He is an artist who has the ability to write Chinese characters and can push it to an artistic level. In short, he is an artist whose main creation is calligraphy, or a person who is proficient in calligraphy. Such as Wang Xizhi, whose representative work is "Lanting Preface"; Yan Zhenqing, whose representative work is "Manuscript of Memorial to Nephew"; Mi Fu, whose representative work is "Shu Su Tie"; Zhao Mengfu, whose representative work is "Dangba Stele"; Wang Duo, whose representative work is As "Xianshan Garden Tie"; Wu Changshuo, his representative is "Xiling Seal Society"; Yu Youren, his representative is "Standard Cursive Script"; Li Zhimin, his representative is "Cao Lun".