怀素(737-?),字藏真,俗姓钱,永州零陵(今湖南零陵)人。以“狂草”名世,史称“草圣”。自幼出家为僧,经禅之暇,爱好书法,刻苦临池,采蕉叶练字,木板为纸,板穿叶尽,秃笔成冢,其后笔走龙蛇,满纸云烟,王公名流也都爱结交这个狂僧。鲁公(颜真卿)亦为之心折,与师旦夕切磋笔法,获益良多。他性情疏放,好饮酒,酒酣兴发,于寺壁里墙,衣裳器具,无不书之,自言“饮酒以养性,草书以畅志”。 Huai Su (737-?), Word possession true, surname money, Yongzhou Lingling (now Hunan Lingling) people. To “mad grass” worldly, history known as “Grass St..” A monk from his childhood as a monk, after the zither, like calligraphy, painstakingly pool, mining banana leaves practicing words, wood for the paper, board through the leaves to do, bald mound into mounds, then pen and dragon snake, full of clouds, the princely celebrities also All love to make this mad monk. Lu Gong (Yan Zhenqing) is also the heart of the heart, and Teachers Day Xi study method, benefit a lot. His nature is indulgent, good to drink alcohol, Hing Hing hair, walls in the temple walls, clothes and equipment, all books, self-proclaimed “drinking to raise sexuality, cursive Chang Zhi.”