Qin and Han · Calligrapher

Zhong Yao 鍾繇

Attested AD 151 - AD 230

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Zhong Yao was a Calligrapher.

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New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 40Volume 40 Miscellaneous Biographies 20: Li Maozhen, Han Jian, Li Renfu, Han Xun, Yang Chongben, Gao Wanxing, Wen Tao · 1 passage
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韜在鎮七年，唐諸陵在其境內者，悉發掘之，取其所藏金寶，而昭陵最固，韜從埏道下，見宮室制度閎麗，不異人間，中為正寢，東西廂列石床，床上石函中為鐵匣，悉藏前世圖書，鐘、王筆跡，紙墨如新，韜悉取之，遂傳人間，惟乾陵風雨不可發。 Seven years he ruled that land. Every Tang imperial tomb in his circuit he plundered for its gold—but Zhaoling resisted him longest. He entered by the spirit tunnel and found halls as splendid as any palace: a central chamber, side rooms with stone couches, iron caskets within stone boxes holding ancient books and the calligraphy of Zhong Yao and Wang Xizhi, ink and paper fresh as the day they were laid in. He took everything. Only at Qianling did wind and rain turn his men back.