Huai Su's teacher is his cousin Wu Tong, who is a student in Zhang Xu. The same is true of Song Sijia, which has the best calligraphy resources in an era, and some people in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties are no exception.
Today, we are going to talk about a master of weeds. In the history of calligraphy for more than two thousand years, no one can compare with him! This word is like flying fairy in the sky, because it is not dusty, and calligraphy is combined with nature, such as dancing with immortals, reaching the highest level of calligraphy! He is the peak of China's cursive script, with a hint of drunkenness, half of the Tang Dynasty!
He is Zhang Xu.
Zhang Xu is a true "sage of grass". Many people say that there was a "sage of grass" before Zhang Xu and then there was Huai Su. On the madness of cursive script, Zhang Zhi is inferior to Zhang Xu, and on the essence of cursive script, Huai Su is inferior to Zhang Xu. No one can beat such a crazy grass.
In the Tang Dynasty, people called him a "drunk", and Zhang Xu liked to write cursive when he was drunk, which was strange and pithy, so we said that he was half a prosperous Tang Dynasty with a little drunkenness!
Zhang Xu has a world of excellent calligraphers. His cousin is the great calligrapher Lu Yanyuan, his grandfather and Lu Jianzhi are brothers, and his great-grandfather is Yu Shinan. So in his generation, he can fully absorb the essence of previous calligraphy, and there are many domestic ink works for him to copy and learn.
A good learning environment, extraordinary understanding, and a living environment that does not worry about food and clothing have created such a cursive master. His honest character enables him to learn from nature, and his cursive script has no secular fireworks!
Zhang Xu is one of the "Eight Immortals of Drinking" and one of the "Three Musts" in the Tang Dynasty, which is as famous as Pei Min's swordsmanship and Li Bai's poems.
The remarkable thing about Zhang Xu's cursive script is that he can integrate calligraphy with nature. He pursues the realm of "being alone and vibrating, flying sand and walking stones", so his calligraphy is sometimes as quiet as running water, and sometimes as a gust of wind. He is the only calligrapher in the history of calligraphy in China who can perfectly integrate personal emotional changes with the natural state.
Zhang Xu had many classic cursive works in his life. Today, we introduce a little-known work called Preface to Li Qinglian.
This work is a word written by Zhang Xu to Li Bai. Full of energy, charisma, dynamic and static combined with nature. It is a classic in Zhang Xu's life's weeds.