Wang Xizhi (303-36 1, 32 1-379), a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, has few words. Originally from Langya (now Linyi, Shandong), I now live in Yinshan Huiji (Shaoxing, Zhejiang). The officers of the right army generals will review the internal history and be called "Wang Youjun". He came from a noble family in the Jin Dynasty.

When I was a child, I studied calligraphy under the famous female calligrapher Mrs. Wei. Later, he visited the famous mountains in You Jiang, where he learned from foreigners, learned from foreigners, and learned from Zhong You.

Representative works include: Huang Tingjing in regular script, Lun Yueyi, Seventeen Gua in cursive script, Aunt Gua in running script, Gua in quick snow and clear sky, Gua in mourning, Preface to Lanting Collection, Gua in early moon, etc.

Among them, Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Collection of Lanting is highly praised by calligraphers in past dynasties, and is known as "the best running script in the world".

2. Li Zhimin

Li Zhimin (1925- 1994) is a professor of law in Peking University, a civil jurist, and the first president of Peking University Yanyuan Painting and Calligraphy Association (predecessor of Peking University Painting and Calligraphy Association).

I studied in Wuchang Art College in my early years, studied calligraphy and painting, and then majored in calligraphy. China is a contemporary cursive master, calligraphy theorist, director of China Calligraphers Association, deputy director of China Calligraphers Association and first vice chairman of Beijing Calligraphers Association.

He specializes in literature and history, and is good at true cursive script and artistic theory, especially crazy cursive script. He wrote Shu Lun and Cao Lun in Sanchuntang. It is a theoretical pioneer and a practical pioneer of "attracting monuments into the grass". Together with Shen, he is known as the "two masters in the history of calligraphy in Peking University" and has the reputation of "Southern Forest and Northern Plum" (Lin Sanzhi and Li Zhimin) in the contemporary cursive world.

Li Zhimin is a representative calligrapher with academic research value in the 20th century. Compared with other calligraphers, it not only opened up a new way in the history of contemporary calligraphy, but also filled the gap in the history of weeds in the 20th century and promoted the development of contemporary calligraphy theory.

Moreover, in the history of international calligraphy exchange, he is proficient in English, French, German and Russian foreign languages, and with unparalleled foreign language advantages and profound international vision, he pioneered the exchange of calligraphy art in the era of reform and opening up and promoted the spread of China's calligraphy in the world.

3. Yu Shinan

Yu Shinan (July 1 1558-638) was born in Yuyao, Yuezhou (now Zhenming Hechang, Guanhaiwei, Cixi City, Zhejiang Province).

Calligrapher, writer, poet and politician from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and one of the twenty-four outstanding figures in Lingyange. Son of Li Yu, illegitimate son of Prince Chen, younger brother of Yu Shiqi, assistant minister of literature and history of Sui Dynasty. ?

Yu Shinan is quiet and eager to learn. Chen, two generations of Sui Dynasty, was an official worshiper of a doctor and lived in a shed. After the demise of the Sui Dynasty, he was appointed assistant minister of Huangmen by Dou Jiande.

After the destruction of Dou Jiande, Nan joined the army as Qin, Taishigong and Tingchang, and Fang became one of the "eighteen bachelors".

During the Zhenguan period, he served as a writer, secretary, secretary supervisor and so on, and successively served as the son of Yongxing County and the public of Yongxing County, so he was known as "Yu Yongxing and Yu Secret Supervisor".

Although he looks timid, he is strong-willed, outspoken, and dare to remonstrate, which won the respect of Li Shimin. He is known as "virtue, loyalty, erudition, literature and literature".

In the 12th year of Zhenguan (638), Yu Shinan died at the age of 81. Posthumous title does history, presented "Wen Yi" and was buried in Zhaoling. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), it was painted like Lingyan Pavilion. ?

Yu Shinan is good at calligraphy, and he is also known as "the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty" with Ou Yangxun, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi. Japanese academic circles called Ou Yangxun, Chu Suiliang and Yu Shinan as "three masters in the early Tang Dynasty".

Bei Tang Shu Chao was compiled by Bei Tang Shu Chao, which is considered as one of the four great books in Tang Dynasty and one of the earliest books in China. The original poetry collection has 30 volumes, but it has not been completely lost. In the Republic of China, Zhang Shouyong compiled the four-volume Mi Yu Ji Jian.

4. Cai Xiang

Cai Xiang (1065438+March 7, 2002-1September 27, 067) was named Mo Jun. Yi people in Juntangan Township, Xinghua (An) are from Chihu Jiaoxi (now Xianyou County, Fujian Province). Famous officials in the Northern Song Dynasty, calligraphers, writers and tea scientists.

In the eighth year of Tiansheng (1030), Cai Xiang became the first scholar, and successively served as a collator, remonstrator, history museum, intellectual patent, bachelor of Longtuge, bachelor of Privy Council, bachelor of Hanlin, third secretary and bachelor of Duanmingtang in Fujian Road, and learned about Quanzhou, Fuzhou, Kaifeng and Hangzhou. Cai Xiang died in the fourth year of Zhiping (1067). Tired of Shao Shi, posthumous title "loyalty".

Cai Xiang is an honest official, and he has made achievements everywhere he goes. When I was in Fuzhou, I went to the folk to harm people; When I was in Quanzhou, I presided over the construction of Wan 'an Bridge (Luoyang Bridge) with you.

When the People's Republic of China was founded, it advocated planting 700-mile post-road pine from Fuzhou to Zhangzhou, and presided over the production of Beiyuan tribute tea "Xiaolong Group". The Book of Tea summarizes the experience of making and tasting tea in ancient times, and the Book of Litchi is known as "the first taxonomic work of fruit trees in the world".

He is one of the "Song Sijia" because of his exquisite poems, vigorous and dignified calligraphy, simple and graceful. The Complete Works of Cai Zhong Hui Gong has been handed down from generation to generation.

5. Wei Xu

Wei Xu (152 1 March 12- 1593), Han nationality, was born in Fushanyin, Shaoxing (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang). A famous writer, painter, dramatist and strategist in Ming Dynasty.

Xu Wei served as Hu Zongxian's adjutant, helping him capture Xu Hai and seduce Wang Zhi. After Hu Zongxian went to prison, Xu Wei committed suicide nine times in fear and madness. Later, he went to prison for killing his stepwife and died. After being imprisoned for seven years, he was rescued by Zhang Yuan and other friends.

Then travel to Jinling in the south and go to the valley in the north. Looking at the frontier fortress, I often lament generously. In his later years, he suffered from poverty and illness, and thousands of books were sold out. Self-proclaimed "Southern accent to the North", he died in the 21st year of Wanli (1593) at the age of 73.

Xu Wei is versatile and unique in poetry, drama, calligraphy and painting. He is also known as "the three gifted scholars of Ming Dynasty" with Jie Jin and Yang Shen.

He is the founder of "splash-ink freehand brushwork" and the originator of "Ivy League" in China. His paintings can absorb the essence of predecessors and be thoroughly remoulded, without looking like a god. Mountains and rivers, figures, flowers and birds, bamboo and stones are all available, with flowers as the top priority, creating a generation of painting style, which has a great influence on later painting circles (such as Badashanren, Shi Tao, Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics and so on). ).

The book is good at cursive writing and has written many poems, which is known as "the next generation of talents"; Can play the piano and master the melody; Narration of Southern Opera is China's first monograph on the theory of Southern Opera. In addition, the zaju "Four Sounds of Apes", "Song of Dai Xiao" and selected books have also been handed down from generation to generation.

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