Who were the famous calligraphers in ancient China?

Famous calligraphers in ancient times included Yan Zhenqing, Wang Xizhi, Su Dongpo, Li Si and Ou Yangxun.

1. Yan Zhenqing

Yan Zhenqing (August 23, 709-784) was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi) and Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong). Yan Shigu V was a famous official, calligrapher and secretary supervisor in the Tang Dynasty. He was once a famous painter such as Sun and Situ.

Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is exquisite and good at it. Chu Suiliang, a beginner, studied under Zhang Xu and got his brushwork. Its regular script is dignified and majestic, and its running script is vigorous and powerful, which has created a "Yan style" regular script and has a great influence on later generations. Together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, they are also called "four masters of regular script". Together with Liu Gongquan, they are called "Yan Liu" and "Yangu". He is also good at poetry, such as You, Ji, Wu, Ji, Lu Ji and Linchuan Ji, all of which have been lost. The Song people compiled Yan Ji.

2. Wang Xizhi

Wang Xizhi (303-36 1 year, 32 1-379), Han nationality, was a famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was known as the "book saint". Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong Province) was born, then moved to Huiji (now Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province) Yin Shan, and lived in seclusion in Jinting County in his later years. Successive secretary, general Ningyuan, Jiangzhou secretariat, later literature and history records, right general. His calligraphy is good at calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy, calligraphy.

The style is peaceful and natural, the brushwork is euphemistic and subtle, and it is beautiful. Li Zhimin commented: "Wang Xizhi's calligraphy not only shows simplicity and abstinence based on the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi, but also shows harmony based on the Confucian doctrine of the mean." The masterpiece Preface to Lanting is known as "the best running script in the world". In the history of calligraphy, he and his son Wang Xianzhi were called "two kings".

3. Su Dongpo

Su Shi (1037 65438+10.8-1August 24), also known as He Zhong, Tieguan Taoist, Dongpo layman, Su Dongpo, Su Xian, Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou (now Sichuan)

Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, and made great achievements in poetry, ci, writing, calligraphy and painting. His writing is arbitrary; His poems are broad in subject matter, fresh and healthy, good at exaggeration and metaphor, and unique in style. He is also called "Su Huang" with Huang Tingjian. His words are bold and unconstrained, and they are both bold and unconstrained representatives with Xin Qiji, and they are called "Su Xin"; His prose creation is rich and unrestrained, and he is also called "Ou Su" with Ouyang Xiu, and he is one of the "Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties".

Su Shi is also good at books and is one of the "Song Sijia"; He is good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood. There are seven episodes of Dongpo, Yi Zhuan of Dongpo, Yuefu of Dongpo, Xiaoxiang Bamboo Stone Atlas and Ancient Wood and Strange Stone Atlas handed down from generation to generation.

4. Reese

Li Si (about 284 BC-208 BC), a native, whose real name is Si, has ancient characters. At the end of the Warring States Period, Chu was born in Shangcai (now Lisilou Village, Lugang Township, Shangcai County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province). A famous politician, writer and calligrapher in the Qin Dynasty.

It played a great role in the political destruction of the six countries by the king of Qin. After Qin unified the world, he agreed with Wang Wan and Feng Jie to respect Qin as emperor, and formulated relevant etiquette systems. Be appointed as prime minister. He suggested dismantling the county wall and destroying civilian weapons; Oppose the enfeoffment system and adhere to the county system; He also advocated burning hundreds of languages, such as poems and books collected by the people, and banning private schools to strengthen centralized rule. He also participated in the formulation of laws to unify the system of tracks, characters and weights and measures. The implementation of Lisi's political thought has had a far-reaching impact on China and the world, and laid the basic pattern of China's political system for more than two thousand years.

After the death of Qin Shihuang, he conspired with Zhao Gao to forge a will, forcing Fu Su, the eldest son of the first emperor, to commit suicide, and made Hu Hai, the youngest son, the second emperor. Later, Zhao Gao was jealous. In the second year of Qin Ershi (the first 208 years), he was beheaded in Xianyang City, and the three clans were conquered.

5. Ou Yangxun

Ou Yangxun (557-64 1), a native of Linxiang (now Changsha, Hunan) in Tanzhou in the Tang Dynasty, was a famous calligrapher and official in the Tang Dynasty, one of the four masters of regular script, the grandson of Ouyang Li, the general of South Liang Zhengnan, and son of the general, the southern Chen. He was born in the second year of Liang Taiping in the Southern Dynasties (AD 557).

Ou Yangxun, together with his contemporaries Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi, were called the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty. Because his son Ouyang Tong is also good at calligraphy, he is also called "Big Europe".

He and Yu Shinan were both famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ou Yu". Later generations see danger in Chinese books, which is the most convenient for beginners and named "European style".

Representative regular script includes Jiuchenggong Li Quanming, Huangfu Birthday Monument, Huadu Temple Monument, and running script includes Zhong Nimeng's stippling and running script with thousands of characters. He has his own unique views on calligraphy, including eight methods of calligraphy works, teaching strategies, pen theory and thirty-six methods. The inscriptions on the stupa of Huadu Temple written by Buddhist monks, the tablet of Yu Gong Gong Wen Yanbo, and the tablet of Huangfushengchen? Known as "the first regular script in Tang Dynasty".

Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Ou Yangxun

Baidu Encyclopedia-Lisi

Baidu Encyclopedia-Su Dongpo

Baidu encyclopedia-Wang Xizhi

Baidu Encyclopedia-Yan Zhenqing