Over the past 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, talented people have come forth in large numbers, and the so-called seventy-two lines have won the first place. In the field of calligraphy art in the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang were called the four masters of the Northern Song Dynasty by later generations. They have always been respected by people.

1, Su Shi

His calligraphy draws nutrition from Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Chu Suiliang, Xu Hao, Li Beihai and Yang Ningshi, and strives for innovation on the basis of inheriting tradition. When talking about the process of his calligraphy creation, he said: "The method of writing is not perfect, but I can't get it all." He added: "I can't make a book with my heart. I'm tired of asking for it." He focused on "meaning" and sent his feelings to the book with "faithful hand". Su Shi's writing seems plain and simple, but it has a mighty air of Wang Yang sea. Like his profound knowledge, dragons are unpredictable. He is good at running script and regular script, and his brushwork is vigorous and natural, giving people the artistic beauty of "the breath of sea breeze" and "the shape of ancient stones". Su Shi's calligraphy is highly praised by future generations. Huang Tingjian said in "Valley Collection": "His calligraphy is very attractive ... It was not until the wine was drunk that he forgot his work and spoke in great detail ... As for the round pen and rhyme, the article is wonderful, loyal to the sun and the moon, and the book is good, so he first pushed (Su)." Dong Qichang in the Ming Dynasty praised him for "completely using the front, which is the Lanting of Pogong". Handed down from ancient times, there are Qianchibi Fu, Huangzhou Cold Food Poem Post, Dongting Spring Fu, Zhongshan Songlao Fu and so on.

2 Huang Tingjian

(A.D. 1045- A.D. 1 105), whose real name was Lu Zhi, was a Taoist in the valley, and his name was Fu Weng at night. Also known as Yu, Han nationality, Hongzhou (now xiushui county, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province) is from Fenning. Poet, poet and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty, the founder of Jiangxi Poetry School, and Du Fu, Chen are also called "one ancestor and three schools" (Huang is one of them). Song Zhiping was a scholar in the fourth year (AD 1067). Professor Ye Xianwei from Beijing, Professor Lang Xianping from imperial academy, School Book Lang, Cao Zuolang, Secretary Cheng, Fuzhou Biejia, Guizhou Resettlement House, etc. In terms of poetry, he and Su Shi are also called "Su Huang"; In terms of calligraphy, he, Su Shi, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang are also called "four great masters in Song Dynasty". In terms of lyrics, although he was once known as Qin Guan, Huang's achievements in lyrics are far less than Qin Guan's.

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1051-107, self-signed as Qian, Fu or Fu. Calligrapher, painter and painting theorist in Northern Song Dynasty. Han nationality, originally from Taiyuan, Shanxi, once settled in Runzhou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu). High talent, scattered characters, and so clean and addictive. Being served by the Tang people, he accumulated more strange stones. Calligraphy and painting are a family. Can draw dead wood and bamboo stones, innovative, but also can draw landscapes, creating an ink painting Yunshan ink painting drama, covered by clouds, simple and naive. Good poetry and calligraphy, accurate appraisal. He is good at seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script, and is good at copying ancient books, which is confusing. One of Song Sijia. He used to be a school book lang, a doctor of calligraphy and painting, and a foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites. Because of his eccentric personality and crazy behavior, he was called "brother" when he met a stone, and he admired him very much, so he was called "Mi Dian". Hui Zong was appointed as a doctor of calligraphy and painting, and was called "Minnan Palace".

4 Cai Xiang

(10 12- 1067), Mo Jun, Han nationality, originally from Dong 'an Village, Fengting Township, Xianyou, Fujian, and later moved to Cai 'an Village, Putian. 1030 (Tiansheng eight years) Jinshi, worked as a proofreader in the central government of the Song Dynasty. The pawn was given the title of assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites and sounded the bell. He presided over the construction of Quanzhou Luoyang Bridge, which is the oldest existing cross-sea beam stone bridge in China. Cai Xiang is honest, upright, trustworthy, knowledgeable and profound in calligraphy. In the history of calligraphy, he talked about the calligraphy of the Song Dynasty, and was called the four great calligraphers with Su, Huang, Mi and Cai. Cai Xiang's calligraphy is self-contained, with profound solemnity, simplicity and beauty.