1. Wang Xizhi's calligraphy in the Wei and Jin Dynasties has numerous famous calligraphers and rich relics. Among them, Wang Xizhi (321-379), the great calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, is the one who pushed regular script and cursive script to a new level.
Wang Xizhi, courtesy name Yishao, was born in Linyi, Shandong Province.
He was born into a noble family and rose to the rank of General of the Right Army, and was known as "Wang Youjun" in the world.
His family background is that he learned calligraphy from Mrs. Wei who had mastered the calligraphy of Wei Zhongyao in his early years. However, he dared to change Zhong's calligraphy to make regular script more charming in terms of strokes, word knots and composition layout. He was known as "Wei Sheng" in history.
Wang Xizhi's cursive writing is rooted in the official script since the Han and Wei dynasties. He developed the cursive script with official script Bo Zhen into Zhang Cao, and the cursive script without official Wei Bo Zeng into modern cursive script. He also developed the cursive script between regular script and cursive script.
Used in conjunction with cursive writing, it became widely popular.
This kind of creation has been deeply respected by the Wei family of all generations.
Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty spoke highly of him, saying that he "carefully studied the past and present, studied the seal script and official script carefully, and achieved perfection".
It is a pity that his authentic works are difficult to find today.
The surviving calligraphy is all copied or copied by later generations. The "Lanting Preface" written by Xuanhe generations is admired by the Wei family and is called "the best running script in the world".
2. Wang Wei Wang Wei (701-761, some say 699-761), courtesy name Mojie, Han nationality, was born in Puzhou, Hedong (now Yuncheng, Shanxi), his ancestral home is Qixian County, Shanxi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, with the title of "Poetry"
"Buddha".
Su Shi commented on him: "When you taste Mojie's poems, there are paintings in the poems; when you look at Mojie's paintings, there are poems in the paintings." In the ninth year of Kaiyuan (721), he was promoted to Jinshi, Tai Lecheng.
Wang Wei is a representative poet of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He has more than 400 poems in existence today. His important poems include "Lovesickness" and "Dwelling in the Mountains in the Twilight of Autumn".
Wang Wei was proficient in Buddhism and was greatly influenced by Zen Buddhism.
There is a Buddhist "Vimalakīrti Sutra", which is the origin of Wang Wei's name.
Wang Wei is famous for his poetry, calligraphy and painting. He is very versatile and proficient in music.
Together with Meng Haoran, they are collectively known as "Wang Meng".
Wang Wei not only had excellent literary talents, but was also an excellent painter and was also good at music.
His profound artistic accomplishment, his love for nature and his long-term experience of living in the mountains and forests have given him a keen, unique and meticulous feeling for the beauty of nature. Therefore, the landscapes and scenery he writes are particularly full of charm, and they are often briefly exaggerated to show the profound and far-reaching effect.
The artistic conception is intriguing.
His poems depict scenes that are very picturesque, with bright and beautiful colors, and a combination of dynamic and still scenes. He is especially good at expressing the changes in light, color and sound in nature in detail.
For example, poems such as "In the noisy rocks, the color is quiet deep in the pines" ("Green Creek"), as well as "Birds in the Stream", "Deer Firewood", "Mulan Firewood", etc., all of which are works with subtle details.
The illustrations of Wang Wei's poem "Remembering the Shandong Brothers on September 9th" are selected from the Guangxu engraving of "Drawings of Famous Masters" in the Qing Dynasty.
He also wrote the painting theory works "Landscape Theory" and "Landscape Jue".
3. Su Shi Su Shi (1037-1101) was a writer, calligrapher, painter, and gourmet in the Northern Song Dynasty.
His courtesy name is Zizhan and his nickname is Dongpo Jushi.
Han nationality, Sichuan native, buried in Yingchang (now Jiaxian County, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province).
He had a bumpy official career throughout his life, but he was knowledgeable and talented. He was excellent in poetry, calligraphy and painting.
His writing is unbridled, clear and fluent. Together with Ouyang Xiu, he is called Ou Su, and he is one of the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". His poetry is fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggeration and metaphor, and his artistic expression is unique. He is also called Su Huang together with Huang Tingjian.
Opening up a bold and unrestrained faction will have a huge impact on future generations.
Together with Xin Qiji, he is also known as Su Xin. He is good at calligraphy in running script and regular script. He can create his own ideas. His brushwork is rich and ups and downs, and he has an innocent taste. Together with Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang, he is also known as the Four Masters of the Song Dynasty. He has the same painting studies and literature, and discusses painting.
He advocated spiritual resemblance and advocated "scholar painting".
He is the author of "The Complete Works of Su Dongpo" and "Su Dongpo Yuefu".
Su Shi's literary views are in the same vein as Ouyang Xiu's, but he emphasizes the originality, expressiveness and artistic value of literature.
His literary thought emphasizes "doing something for something", advocating nature, getting rid of constraints, "creating new ideas in laws and regulations, and expressing wonderful principles in boldness".
He believes that compositions should reach the artistic realm of "like flowing clouds and flowing water, with no fixed quality at first, but always doing what they should do, and always stopping at what they must do. Natural literature and science, and full of gestures" ("A Letter of Thanks to Civil Teachers for Recommending Officials").
Su Shi's prose writings are rich, and he is also known as Han Yu, Liu Zongyuan and Ouyang Xiu.
The style of the article is easy and smooth, bold and free.
4. Tang Yin's courtesy name is Bohu, and the other character is Ziwei. His nickname is Liuru, such as layman, the master of Taohua Temple, Tang Sheng of Lu State, and the immortal official of Fugitive Zen. He is Han nationality and a native of Wuxian County, Suzhou, South Zhili.
A famous painter and writer in the Ming Dynasty.
It is said that he was born in Yin month, Yin day and Yin time, Gengyin year, the sixth year of Chenghua reign of Emperor Xianzong of Ming Dynasty.
He was cynical and talented, and was good at famous poems and essays. Together with Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming, and Xu Zhenqing, he was known as one of the "Four Great Talents in the South of the Yangtze River (Four Talents of the Wu Clan)".
"Four families".
Tang Yin's poetic style is quite special. It is said that he worked hard to study "Selected Works of Zhaoming" in his early years, so his early works are neat and beautiful, very close to the atmosphere of the Six Dynasties.
The poems written after the title was leaked mostly described his own situation, and they were written sincerely and naturally and fluently. Although the words were not very refined, one can feel Tang Yin's talent that was readily available at his fingertips.
5. Feng Zikai Feng Zikai (November 9, 1898 - September 15, 1975), born in the 24th year of Guangxu, was born in Shimen Town, Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province.