Shi You
Shi You Huangmen Order during the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty. The dates of birth and death and life story are unknown. Fine calligraphy, fine calligraphy. About 40 BC, he wrote an article called "Jijiuzhang", which said: "If you are a teacher of a fierce tiger, you can stand up to the stone. If you can't invade, the dragon is still young." Later generations called the calligraphy Zhangcao. "Summary of the General Catalog of Sikuquanshu" says: "The so-called Zhangshu people are just because you wrote this book and used the changes and cursive methods to make it. Later generations used it out of urgency to write the chapters, so they were named Zhangcao people."
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Zhang Zhi
The year of Zhang Zhi’s birth is unknown, but he died in the third year of Chuping reign of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty (approximately AD 192), a native of Jiuquan, Dunhuang (today's Gansu Province), with the courtesy name Boying. He was good at Zhangcao. Later, he got rid of his old habits and omitted Zhangcao stipples and Bo Jie to become "Jincao". Zhang Huaiguan's "Shuguan" said that he "learned from Cui Cui". The methods of (Yuan) and Du (Cao) were thus changed to become the modern grass, and the style of the characters is made up of one stroke, with occasional discontinuities, but continuous blood, and those with continuous Qi. Pass through every other line." King Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty only praised Zhong (Yao) and Zhang (Zhi) calligraphy of Han and Wei Dynasties, and thought that the rest were not worthy of consideration. It had a profound influence on later generations Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi's cursive calligraphy. Zhang Zhi's spirit of diligently practicing calligraphy has been passed down in history. Jin Weiheng's "Four Types of Calligraphy" records: Zhang Zhi "Everyone who wears silk at home must write and then practice (boil and dye) it; when he comes to the pond to study calligraphy, the pond water will be full of ink." Later generations called calligraphy "Linchi", which originated from this. He was especially good at Zhang Cao. People at that time cherished his ink to the point of "not leaving even an inch of paper untouched." The evaluation is quite high, especially the cursive writing.
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Cai Yong
Cai Yong (132-192 AD) Eastern Han Dynasty writer and calligrapher . The courtesy name Bozhe was born in Chenliuyu (now south of Qixian County, Henan Province). When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he worshiped General Zuo Zhonglang, so later generations also called him "Cai Zhonglang".
In addition to being a master of classics and history, Cai Yi was also good at poetry and prose. In addition to literature, he is proficient in calligraphy, seal script and official script, especially official script. Cai Yong and others corrected the text of the Six Classics of Confucianism. Cai Yong believed that there were many errors in the text due to the budding confucianism. In order not to hinder future learning, he requested an edict to correct the text. He personally wrote the elixir on the stele and ordered the workers to engrave it and set it up outside the gate of Taixue. There are 46 stele. These stele are called "Hongdu Stone Sutra", also known as "Xiping Stone Sutra"
It is said that after the stone sutra was established. , there are more than 100 cars that people ride on every day.
Emperor Ling ordered workers to repair Hongdu (the place where the royal books were collected was called Hongdu in the Eastern Han Dynasty), and the craftsmen used brooms to sweep white powder on the walls. Cai Yong was inspired to write on it and created "Feibai calligraphy". The strokes are white and seem to be written with a dry pen. It is a unique calligraphy style. Tang Zhang Huaiguan's "Book Break" commented on Cai Yong. Fei Bai said in his book that "Fei Bai's works are unparalleled and his movements are magical."
Because of Cai Yong's reputation, there are many forgeries in later generations that affixed some inscriptions and treatises in Cai Yong's name. Already rare in the Tang Dynasty
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Cui Yuan
Cui Yuan was a famous calligrapher in the Han Dynasty. He was especially good at cursive calligraphy. He learned from Du Du and was known as "Cui Du" at the time. Later, Zhang Zhi learned from Cui and Du, and his calligraphy made great progress, becoming the master of cursive calligraphy in the Han Dynasty, and was known as the "Sage of Cursive Calligraphy". Later generations spoke highly of Cui Yuan's cursive calligraphy. Cui Du is not enough." Wei Dan, a man from the Wei Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period, said that "the calligraphy style is very dense, and the wording is skillful." That is to say, the calligraphy style is very dense, and the wording is exquisite and beautiful.