怀素是一位艺术家,也是早期的行为艺术家或者说是表演艺术家。中国古代的书法家大多都同时精于诗书画甚至音乐,唐朝的书法名家无一不是诗文并茂,贺知章、李白、王维等大诗人都是书法名家。只有怀素,是个很纯粹的书法家。笔墨线条构成他的生命。他是一个僧人,家境贫寒,从小被送进寺庙,甚至不知姓名,也没有他生于何年死于何年的记载,在讲究姓氏门第的古代,他始终是个卑微的和尚。但是所幸他生活在开明的唐代,重 Huai Su is an artist as well as an early performance artist or performance artist. Most of the ancient Chinese calligraphers were also good at poetry, calligraphy and painting and even music. The calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty were both excellent at poetry and writing. The great poets such as He Zhizhang, Li Bai and Wang Wei were famous calligraphers. Only perfection, is a very pure calligrapher. Lines of ink make up his life. He was a monk, poor family, was sent to the temple since childhood, and even did not know his name, nor his age of birth was recorded in what age, pay attention to the last name of the last, he has always been a humble monk. But fortunately he lived in an enlightened Tang Dynasty, heavy