Zhang Xu was a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, famous for his cursive script. His cursive script, Li Bai's poems and songs, and Pei Min's sword dance are also called "three wonders". His calligraphy is as famous as Huai Su's, and he is called "Zhang Dian drunk". It was also called "sage of grass" by the later Buddha.
Zhang Xu, the sage of grass, is bold and unrestrained, likes drinking, and often dances after getting drunk, and then returns to the table with a pen and ink. Some people said he was rude, so they gave him a crazy nickname.
In fact, he is very careful. He believes that everything he touches in his daily life can inspire his writing. To get something occasionally is to melt it into your own calligraphy. At that time, as long as people got his pieces of paper and words, they all regarded them as treasures and inherited them.
Main influence
As a great calligrapher in the history of calligraphy in China, Zhang Xu not only inherits the tradition, but also dares to innovate. By inheriting and innovating the achievements of predecessors, his own weed art reached a peak in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, which had a direct or indirect impact on the development of calligraphy in later generations and played a decisive role in the prosperity of calligraphy art in the Tang Dynasty.
Huai Su, Gao Xian and other Tang monks who were later than Zhang Xu inherited Zhang Xu's grass method and strengthened the power of wild grass. Yan Zhenqing, known as "Innovation", is the most accomplished disciple of Zhang Xu. In addition, Wu Tong, Cui Miao, etc. But also made achievements by learning from Zhang Xu. As for Zhang Xu's disciples, there are countless more.