1. Wang Xizhi (303-361, 321-379), courtesy name Yishao, Han nationality, was a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and was known as the "Sage of Calligraphy". Langya was born in Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong), and later moved to Shanyin, Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang), and lived in seclusion in Jinting, Shan County in his later years. He successively served as secretary Ying, general Ningyuan, governor of Jiangzhou, and later as internal history of Kuaiji, leading the right general.
His calligraphy is good at Li, Cao, Kai and Xing styles. He studies the styles carefully, imitates them with his heart and his hands. The wind is a style of its own and has far-reaching influence. The style is peaceful and natural, the writing style is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful and graceful. Li Zhimin commented: "Wang Xizhi's calligraphy not only expresses the simplicity and profoundness based on the philosophy of Lao and Zhuang, but also expresses the harmony based on the Confucian doctrine of the mean." His representative work "Lanting Preface" is known as "the best running script in the world". In the history of calligraphy, he and his son Wang Xianzhi are collectively known as the "Two Kings".
2. Zhang Xu (about 675-about 750), also known as Bogao and Jiming, was a Han nationality and a native of Wuxian County (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province) in the Tang Dynasty. He was alive during the Kaiyuan and Tianbao periods and served as Changshu county captain, Jinwu long history.
Famous for cursive script, Li Bai’s poetry and Pei Min’s sword dance are known as the “Three Wonders”. The poem is also unique, famous for its seven unique features, and is ranked among the Eight Immortals in Drinking with Li Bai, He Zhizhang and others. Together with He Zhizhang, Zhang Ruoxu and Bao Rong, they are known as the "Four Scholars in Wuzhong". Calligraphy is as famous as Huai Su. Li Zhimin, a professor at Peking University and the founder of the introduction of the stele into grass, commented: "Zhang Xu understood the strange state from 'The solitary peng vibrates and flies on the startled sand', and he also learned from Gongsun Da Niang's sword dance that he is flying back with a low head. Like, he became the master of Kuangcao because he took nature as his teacher and his profound ink skills."?
3. Huang Tingjian (August 9, 1045 - May 24, 1105), courtesy name Lu Zhi. , nicknamed Valley Taoist, later nicknamed Fu Weng, was born in Fenning, Hongzhou (now Xiushui County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province). He was a famous writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty and the founder of the Jiangxi School of Poetry, who was famous for his work with Du Fu and Chen Shidao. Chen Yuyi is known as "one ancestor and three sects" (Huang Tingjian is one of them). Together with Zhang Lei, Chao Buzhi, and Qin Guan, they all studied under Su Shi's sect, and they were collectively known as the "Four Scholars of the Su School". During his lifetime, he was as famous as Su Shi and was known as "Su Huang" in the world.
4. Zhao Mengfu (fǔ) (October 20, 1254? [1]? - July 30, 1322), courtesy name Zi'ang, Han nationality, also known as Songxue Taoist, also known as Crystal Palace Taoist, Ou Bo, in his middle age, he once signed a contract with Meng Fu. A native of Wuxing, Zhejiang (now Huzhou, Zhejiang). A famous calligrapher, painter, and poet from the late Southern Song Dynasty to the early Yuan Dynasty, he was the eleventh grandson of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and the direct descendant of Qin King Zhao Defang.
In the twenty-third year of the Yuan Dynasty (1286), Zhao Mengfu was recommended by Cheng Jufu, the censor of Xingtai, and was honored by Kublai Khan, the founder of the Yuan Dynasty. He served successively as the Bachelor of Jixian and the General Manager of Jinan Road. He was promoted to Confucian scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and served as a bachelor's degree scholar in the Hanlin Academy. He was a scholar of the Hanlin Academy and a doctor of honor and wealth. In his later years, he gradually retired and later begged to return home due to illness. In the second year of Zhizhi (1322), Zhao Mengfu passed away at the age of sixty-nine. He was awarded the posthumous title "Wenmin" by Pingzhang Zhengshi and Wei Guogong of Zhongshu Province in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces, so he was called "Zhao Wenmin". He is the author of "Song Xuezhai Collected Works" and so on.
5. Tang Yin (March 6, 1470 - January 7, 1524) was born on the fourth day of February in the sixth year of Chenghua and died on December 2 of the second year of Jiajing. The courtesy name was Bohu, later changed to Ziwei, and his nickname was Liuru, the layman, the master of Taohua Temple, Tang Sheng of Lu State, the immortal official of Fleeing Zen, etc. He was a native of Wuxian County, Suzhou Prefecture in the south. Famous painter, calligrapher and poet in Ming Dynasty.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Calligrapher