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Zhang Zhi
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Zhang Zhi (Chinese: 張芝; courtesy name: Boying 伯英) (? - c.192), a native of Dunhuang, was a Chinese calligrapher of the Han Dynasty. A pioneer of the "modern cursive script" (今草), he was traditionally honorred as the "Sage of Curives script" (草聖). Despite the great fame he enjoyed in ancient times, no veritable works of his have survived.
A catchphrase is attributed to him: "Too busy to write cursively" (匆匆不暇草書)[1], which shows that the execution of cursive script, though originally invented for the sake of time-saving, requires a tranquil frame of mind.
- ^ There is a similar Chinese proverb: "Too hasty to write in cursive script; too impoverished to prepare a vegetarian meal." (信速不及草書，家貧難辦素食) Compare the well-known quote by Pascal: "Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte." (in Lettres provinciales)