Zhang Zhi: Born in an unknown year, he died in Chuping, Xian Di for three years (about AD 192). He was good at Cao Zhang, and later he got rid of his old habits and preserved Cao Zhang's stippling and painting, which became a "modern grass". "Shu Duan" called him "learning from Cui and Du". The font is written in one stroke, occasionally interrupted, but the veins are continuous and even connected. Dan Wei, a calligrapher of the Three Kingdoms, called him a "sage of grass".
Wang Xianzhi practiced calligraphy with his father since childhood, and he was very ambitious. Later, he regarded Zhang Zhi as a whole. His cursive script is even more valuable. Yu Zhuo once said:' The cursive script inherits Zhang Zhi in the Han Dynasty, which is wonderful, but it is just an official slave.' Mo Bao's cursive scripts handed down from generation to generation include Duck Head Pill Post and Mid-Autumn Post.
Zhang Xu's calligraphy began with Zhangzhi and Erwang, with cursive script as the highest achievement. History is called "the sage of grass". He himself is proud of inheriting the tradition of "two kings", and his words are correct. Because he is often drunk, clamoring for madness, then writing books, and even writing with his hair dipped in ink, he has the nickname "Zhang Dian". After Huai Su inherited and developed his brushwork, he also got his name from cursive script and called it "drunk". Tang Wenzong once wrote a letter, regarding Li Bai's poems, Pei Min's sword dance and Zhang Xu's cursive script as "three unique skills".
Huai Su is an outstanding calligrapher in the history of China. His cursive script is called "Crazy Grass". His pen is round and powerful, making it turn like a ring, unrestrained and smooth, just like Zhang Xu. Later generations called it "Zhang Dian vegetarian" or "drunk". Good at drinking, whenever drinking rises, regardless of walls, clothes, utensils, arbitrary writing, when people call it a "drunken monk."
Dong Qichang's calligraphy is the highest among cursive scripts. Although Dong Qichang was in the era when calligraphy was popular in Zhao Mengfu and Wen Zhiming, his calligraphy was not blindly influenced by these two calligraphy masters. His calligraphy combines the calligraphy styles of Jin, Tang, Song and Yuan, and forms its own system.
Wang Duo has made great achievements in poetry, calligraphy and painting, especially in calligraphy, which is called "Wang Duo" in the world. His calligraphy is as famous as Dong Qichang's, and he is known as "the king of South, East and North" in the late Ming Dynasty. His calligraphy is unconventional and relaxed, but it is full of free and easy and vigorous flowing.
I can't learn crazy grass, and I can't learn cursive. I even write basic regular script such as cursive script, which rabbits don't want to eat. What do you think of cursive script?