Feng Chengsu, courtesy name Wanshou, was from Xindu, Chang'an. Feng Chengsu has a very special status in the history of Chinese calligraphy. The original whereabouts of "Lanting Preface", "the best running script in the world", are still unknown, and future generations have no chance to see it. The "Lanting Preface" that people see now are all copies made by later generations. Among them, the "Shenlong Version" copied by Feng Chengsu, the imperial official of the Tang Dynasty, is known as the "most exquisite" among the Lanting versions and is recognized as the most accurate copy. The one close to the original Lanting painting is now in the Palace Museum. Throughout the ages, there are many people in the calligraphy field who "write with people's names". Feng Chengsu's official position was not high, but his reputation was comparable to that of Chu Suiliang and other senior officials above the fourth rank. He could be said to be one of the special cases of "people are named after books".
The epitaph of Feng Chengsu’s father, Feng Shiying
"Preface to the Epitaph of Feng Fujun, the Chief of the Zuojianmen of the Tang Dynasty"
Unearthed in Xi'an in 2015
Now collected in the Forest of Steles Museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
According to the records, it is known
The journal was written by Feng Chengsu
His calligraphy is not as good as that of Yu Ou Chu
Feng Shiying, courtesy name
There are people from Xindu in Ji Fang,
The father of Feng Chengsu.
His great-grandfather was the governor of Yongzhou in Zhou Dynasty.
Zu Xing, a senior official under the Ministry of Food of Tianguan Mansion.
His father Fu followed the magistrate of Tongyi County in Yizhou.
