[曹操, Cáo Cāoㄘㄠˊ 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, See Also: 曹魏, 曹丕, 三國演義, 三国演义#8281
[苏轼 / 蘇軾, Sū Shìㄙㄨ 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, See Also: 蘇東坡, 苏东坡, 三蘇, 三苏, 唐宋八大家#29538
[张旭 / 張旭, Zhāng Xùㄓㄤ ㄒㄩˋ] Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書|草书, See Also: 草書, 草书#42195
[曹丕, Cáo Pīㄘㄠˊ 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, See Also: 曹操, 曹魏, 魏文帝#49147
[虞世南, Yú Shì nánㄩˊ 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, See Also: 唐初四大家#118633
[祝枝山, Zhù Zhī shānㄓㄨˋ 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, See Also: 江南四大才子#185107
[宋四家, Sòng sì jiāㄙㄨㄥˋ 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, See Also: 蘇軾, 苏轼, 黃庭堅, 黄庭坚, 米芾, 蔡襄#280971
[三曹, Sān Cáoㄙㄢ 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, See Also: 曹操, 曹丕, 曹植, 曹魏
[锺繇 / 鍾繇, Zhōng Yáoㄓㄨㄥ ㄧㄠˊ] Zhong Yao (151-230), minister of Cao Wei 曹魏 and noted calligrapher, said to have developed the regular script 楷书, See Also: 曹魏, 楷书