张旭

張旭

Zhāng Xù

proper noun

Meanings

1 Zhang Xu, Tang dynasty calligrapher and poet
2 master of 狂草 (wild cursive script), one of the 饮中八仙 (Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup)

About Zhang Xu

c. 675–750 · 书法家 calligrapher

Tang dynasty master of wild cursive script, 狂草, said to write while drunk, even with his hair dipped in ink. 杜甫 named him one of the Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup.

Also called 伯高、张颠

Characters

张

Zhāng

to stretch (surname Zhang)

旭

xù

rising sun

Examples

HSK 5

张旭是唐代最著名的草书大家。

Zhāng Xù shì Táng dài zuì zhùmíng de cǎoshū dàjiā.

Zhang Xu was the most famous master of cursive calligraphy in the Tang dynasty.

HSK 7-9

人们称张旭为草圣。

Rénmen chēng Zhāng Xù wéi cǎoshèng.

People called Zhang Xu the 'Sage of Cursive Script'.

Tips

culture

Later ages called him 草圣, 'the sage of cursive', and paired him with the monk 怀素, who also wrote after drinking, in the phrase 颠张醉素, 'mad Zhang, drunk Su'.

Stroke Order

张 zhāng

旭 xù

张旭