As the saying goes: " "The passing geese leave their voices, and the passing people leave their names. "In ancient and modern times, people actually cherish their own names the most. They are of great importance and almost constitute a person's most important carrier of life value. Li Hongzhang once said: The most difficult word to write in the world is your own name. Put aside the historical factors in it. , this sentence is still a wise saying. A name is not only a person's title, but also a person's reputation. It is not a trivial matter from ancient times to the present. It is a big deal for calligraphers of all ages, including contemporary ones. Everyone is very particular about their signatures. Especially the great calligraphers in ancient times, they wrote Chinese characters to the extreme, and their names were written with flowing fluidity, which was several times more wonderful than the signatures of some modern people, and they were very beautiful and iconic. Speaking of signatures, let’s start with the monogram. Maybe you don’t know it yet. Another name we often hear in costume dramas is “monogram”. The prisoner pleads guilty and leaves a confirmation on the confession. The traces of the monogram are for signature. In fact, this is only a one-sided understanding of later generations. The monogram is much more romantic and elegant than this. The "Kangxi Dictionary" explains: " "Seven Revised Drafts" written by Lang Ying of the Ming Dynasty said: "The ancients monogram was named after the name, so it was flowered with the name." " Because the names on " "" are mostly written in cursive, or painted with symbols like flowers, they are also called monograms and painted characters. Monograms originated in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and flourished in the Yuan Dynasty, so they are also called " "Yuan Ya". ". It is a personalized signature that uses different handwriting and symbols to make the personalized signature more beautiful. It also has anti-counterfeiting functions to a certain extent. It is equivalent to our modern people's "art signature". What we call The earliest monogram that can be seen should be on the calligraphy "Ode to the Wagtail" by Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty. The monogram on it is his personal signature: Monogram of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty Li Longji's monogram There is no definite conclusion yet on Li Longji's monogram. Some people think that this monogram is a combination of the three characters " "Li Longji". The artist emperor Song Huizong Zhao Ji is not behind others. On the works he left behind, there are often such signatures: Song Huizong Zhao Ji " " The monogram of Song Huizong Zhao Ji's monogram is regarded as the clever design of ""天下一人"", which uniquely expresses his noble status and profound artistic skills. There is also the " " signature of Li Jianzhong, a great calligrapher in the early Song Dynasty. " not only has a strong sense of form, but is also changeable. This can be seen in his "Guizhai Tie" and "Tong Nian Tie" collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing: The monograms of Li Jianzhong's "Guizhai Tie" and "Tong Nian Tie" are from the Ming Dynasty The monogram of Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian is even more complicated, and is considered to be a combination of the two characters "Youjian": Emperor Chongzhen's monogram also ordered someone to carve a jade seal, and covered the monogram in many places. Chongzhen " " "Jiusi" handwriting, with the most outstanding and representative monogram at the top, it has to be the " " signature" of Bada Shanren in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. As we all know, Bada Shanren was a descendant of the Ming Dynasty and spent his life in ruins in the country. Surviving in death, he couldn't laugh or cry about his fate, so his monogram is the "Crying and Laughing" in the form of Bada Shanren: it is both the ""Bada Shanren"" and the ""Crying and Laughing"" monogram. The Bada Shanren monogram also has Li Hongzhang's, like the word "Su", is very complicated: Li Hongzhang's signature on the "Xin Chou Treaty" Of course, most people do not deliberately design their own monograms, but still write their names seriously, like the calligraphers of the past. The signatures are all quite beautiful. First, let's take a look at the "" calligraphy sage" Wang Xizhi's: Wang Xizhi's 20 different ways of writing the word "" in "Lanting Preface" are eye-opening to everyone. Thinking about it now, Wang Xizhi’s name contains the character “ ” and he practices his name all day long. No wonder the 20 characters “ ” ” have become so natural and superb. Wang Xizhi has reached the height of philosophy in the processing of signatures. : Provoke conflicts and then achieve unity. In other words, he made random arrangements in the glyphs, but there are traces of it in the specific arrangements. Looking through the calligraphers, Wang Xizhi made his signatures so varied. The first person to be so harmonious. Whenever I appreciate Wang Xizhi's signature, I always feel like he is a supreme being. What flows between these unpredictable lines is the artist's personal pursuit and noble sentiments. Look at the word " " It's really a thread that goes straight through people's hearts. Let’s take a look at Wang Xianzhi’s seventh son, Wang Xianzhi, who together with Wang Xizhi are known as the “two kings” in the history of calligraphy. After Xianzhi bows again, I have to say that it is true that “like father, like son”, it’s all right. The true biography of the father! The signature of Mi Fu (character Yuanzhang) also has the style of ""Mi Dian": Mi Fu, Fu Dun's first name is Mi Fu. Look at the character ""Fu" written in it. There is only him. Su Shi is a politician, poet, writer, calligrapher, painter, gourmet and so on.

Writing is really a "little way" for him. The more "little way" it is, the easier it is: Shi bows again, Shi pauses, Shi Bai, Shi comes up again. Let's take a look at Su Shi's disciple-Huang Tingjian, who is in the history of calligraphy. Together with Cai Xiang, Su Shi, and Mi Fu, they became the "Four Song Masters", which have been unique since the Wei and Jin Dynasties: Ting Jian, Huang Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi, Ting Jian, and another one of the "Four Song Masters" - Cai Xiang: Southern Song Dynasty Although Yue Fei, the hero of the anti-golden war, was born in the military, he was both civilized and military, good at poetry and lyrics, and his calligraphy was mainly in running and cursive writing: Zhao Mengfu, one of the four masters of regular script: Dong Qichang: Wu Changshuo: Qi Baishi: Zhang Daqian: Yu Youren: Qigong: