[曹操, Cáo Cāo, ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ]Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义#8281[Add to Longdo]
[苏轼 / 蘇軾, Sū Shì, ㄙㄨ ㄕˋ]Su Shi (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher; also called Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡; one of 三蘇|三苏 and one of 唐宋八大家#29538[Add to Longdo]
[李斯, Lǐ Sī, ㄌㄧˇ ㄙ]Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and Prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC#30230[Add to Longdo]
[张旭 / 張旭, Zhāng Xù, ㄓㄤ ㄒㄩˋ]Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书#42195[Add to Longdo]
[曹丕, Cáo Pī, ㄘㄠˊ ㄆㄧ]Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher#49147[Add to Longdo]
[虞世南, Yú Shì nán, ㄩˊ ㄕˋ ㄋㄢˊ]Yu Shi'nan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Poets of early Tang 唐初四大家#118633[Add to Longdo]
[祝枝山, Zhù Zhī shān, ㄓㄨˋ ㄓ ㄕㄢ]Zhu Zhishan (1460-1526), Ming calligrapher and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子#185107[Add to Longdo]
[宋四家, Sòng sì jiā, ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄚ]four famous Song calligraphers - namely Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚, Mi Fei 米芾 and Cai Xiang 蔡襄#280971[Add to Longdo]
[李英儒, Lǐ Yīng rú, ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄥ ㄖㄨˊ]Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists#285345[Add to Longdo]
[三曹, Sān Cáo, ㄙㄢ ㄘㄠˊ]the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers[Add to Longdo]
[锺繇 / 鍾繇, Zhōng Yáo, ㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄠˊ]Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书[Add to Longdo]