As the saying goes, "geese keep their voices, people keep their names." In ancient and modern China and foreign countries, people actually cherish their names most, and their weight is very important, which almost constitutes the most important carrier of life value for a person. Li Hongzhang once said: The hardest word to write in this world is your own name. Aside from historical factors, this sentence is still a famous saying. A name is not only a title, but also a reputation. Signing, from ancient times to the present, is not a trivial matter, but a big festival. Previous calligraphers, including contemporary calligraphers, were extremely particular about signatures. Especially the great calligraphers in ancient times, they wrote Chinese characters to the extreme, and their names were written like flowing water, which was several times more wonderful than the signatures of some modern people, which was very aesthetic and symbolic. Speaking of signatures, let's start with gambling. Whopper, perhaps you don't know, is another name that we often hear in costume dramas, and that is "Whopper". The prisoner pleaded guilty and left a confirmation mark on the confession so that he could sign the guarantee. In fact, this is only a one-sided understanding of future generations. Gambling is far more romantic and elegant than this. "Kangxi Dictionary" explains: "Swear, say, write and do. Lang Ying's Seven Revised Manuscripts in the Ming Dynasty said: "The ancients used fame instead of money, so they used famous flowers. "Because the names on' gambling' are mostly written in cursive script or painted as symbols such as flowers, it is also called' flower gambling' and' painting'. Flower gambling originated in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty and flourished in the Yuan Dynasty, also known as "Yuan gambling". It is a kind of personalized signature, in which different handwriting and symbols are used, which makes the personalized signature more beautiful and has anti-counterfeiting function to some extent. It is equivalent to the "artistic signature" of our modern people. The earliest flower gambling we can see should be Li Longji's Mo Bao Fu in the Tang Dynasty. The flower is put on it, that is, its personal signature: Li Longji spent on Li Longji spent on it in the Tang Dynasty, which has not been confirmed. Some people think that this bet is a combination of the words "Li Longji". And the artist emperor Song Huizong Evonne is not far behind. In his works, there is often such a signature: Song Huizong Evonne's "One Man under the Heaven" and Song Huizong Evonne's "Flower under the Heaven" are regarded as the ingenious design of "One Man under the Heaven", expressing his noble identity and profound artistic skill. There is also the signature of Li Jianzhong, a great calligrapher in the early Song Dynasty, which is not only strong in form, but also varied, which can be seen in his expensive house post and the same year post of the Palace Museum in Beijing: the flowers of Li Jianzhong's expensive house post and the same year post are more complicated, while the flowers of Zhu Youjian, the Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, are considered to be the combination of the two words "checked": Emperor Chongzhen spent money on him for life. The handwriting of "Jiu Si" in Chongzhen period, the most outstanding and representative flowers on it, had to be counted as the "signature" of Badashan people in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. As we all know, Badashan people, as descendants of the Ming Dynasty, lived in the ruins of national subjugation all their lives and were dumbfounded by their own destiny. Therefore, his flower contract is in the form of laughing and crying in Badashanren: for Badashanren and Li Hongzhang, it is both a "laughing and crying" flower contract, which is as complicated as a "perilla": Li Hongzhang wrote it in the Treaty of Xin Chou. Like the signatures of calligraphers of past dynasties, they are all pretty. First of all, let's take a look at Wang Xizhi, a "book saint": Wang Xizhi's 20 "zhi" words in Preface to Lanting have changed a lot, which has opened our eyes. Now think about it, there is a word "zhi" in Wang Xizhi's name, and he practices his name all day. No wonder the word "ambition" has become so natural and superb. Wang Xizhi's handling of signature reached a philosophical height: provoking contradictions and then reaching unity. In other words, he made a random arrangement on the glyph, but there are traces to follow when making a specific arrangement. Wang Xizhi was the first person to make his signature so varied and harmonious. Every time I appreciate Wang Xizhi's autograph, I always feel that I am supreme. Between these unpredictable lines, the artist's personal pursuit and noble sentiment flow. Look at this word "ambition". It really penetrates people's hearts and hits them directly. Let's look at Wang Xianzhi, the seventh son of Wang Xizhi. Wang Xizhi is also known as the "two kings" in the history of calligraphy. I have to say that it is really "like father, like son". This is the true story of my father! Mi Fei's signature also has the style of "Mi Dian": the original name is Mi Fei and the word Kun. Look at the writing of the word "Kun". For thousands of years, he was the only one. Su Shi is a politician, poet, writer, calligrapher, painter, gourmet and so on. Writing is really a "path" for him. The more the "path" is, the more handy it is: the stone obeys again, the stone nods, and then looks up at Su Shi's favorite pupil, Huang Tingjian, who, together with Cai Xiang, Su Shi and Mi Fei, has become the "Song Sijia" in the history of calligraphy, and is unique since Wei and Jin Dynasties: Huang Tingjian, Huang Luzhi,. However, both civil and military are good at poetry and calligraphy, and the calligraphy is mainly line grass. Zhao Mengfu, Dong Qichang, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, Zhang Daqian, Yu Youren and Qi Gong, one of the four masters of regular script: