Original: Three cups of grass in Zhang Xu, with their hats off, appear like clouds in front of the maharaja.
Meaning: Zhang Xu drank three cups and wrote a book with a wave of his hand, which was called Cao Xian at that time. He often takes off his hat in front of princes and nobles and scribbles books. If God helps him, his book will be like a cloud of smoke on the paper.
From Tang Du Fu's Song of Drinking Eight Immortals.
Zhang Xu: Wu, a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, is good at cursive script, and is called "the sage of grass". Topless: Writing about Zhang Xu's wild and unruly drunkenness. It is said that when Zhang Xu is drunk, he often shouts and runs, writes with a pen, and even writes with ink on his head. When I woke up, I looked at my handwriting and thought it was a miracle and could not be recovered. The world calls it "Zhangdian".
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Zhang Xu's anecdotes and allusions
Take a drunken cursive script first.
According to the National History Supplement, Zhang Xu won the cursive script, which was later passed on to Cui Miao and Yan Zhenqing.
Zhang Xu said: "At first, I heard that the princess and the porter were struggling and realized the artistic conception of cursive brushwork. Later, when I watched Gong Sundaniang dance the sword, I realized the charm of cursive brushwork. "
Every time he drinks, Zhang Xu gets drunk and makes a hullabaloo about. Dip your head in ink and write with it. The world calls him Zhang Dian. After waking up, Zhang Xu saw his handwriting with his head. He thought it was too strange and went back.
Later generations may have different views on Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi, but they have no objection to Zhang Xuze.
Second, judgments can be taught.
According to "Advocating Leisure", in a certain year, Zhang Xu began to serve as the governor of Changshu, Suzhou. After more than ten days in office, an old man handed in a form paper to complain, and Zhang Xu gave instructions on the form paper. A few days later, the old man came again.
Zhang Xu angrily scolded the old man and said, "How dare you harass the court repeatedly with your own business?" The old man said, "Actually, I didn't come to talk to you about things. I see that the handwriting on your instructions is wonderful and can be put in the basket like a treasure. "
Zhang Xu was surprised and asked the old man why he loved calligraphy so much. The old man replied, "My father studied calligraphy, and there are still works in this world." Zhang Xu let him have a look, believing that the old man's father's calligraphy is really good, and learning the beauty of brushwork from it is the best at the moment.
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