怀素(737一?),俗姓钱,字藏真,湖南零陵人,是中国古代的一位书法巨匠,在草书的研究和创作方面有很深的造诣。据清光绪二年所修《零陵县志》载,少年时的怀素,天资聪颖,勤奋好学,但因家境贫寒,只好到零陵县城西二十里的书堂寺出家为僧。当时寺中藏有大量梵文佛经,为能读懂经文,他刻苦学习,后来不仅能熟读梵文,甚至还能将其翻译成汉文。在诵经坐禅之闲暇,怀素爱好学习书法,喜欢三国时魏国著 Huai Su (737 a?), Surname money, the word buried true, Hunan Lingling, is a calligraphy master in ancient China, cursive research and creation has deep attainments. According to the Qing Emperor Guangxu two years of “Lingling County,” contains, when the Huai Su, talent is bright, studious, but poor family, had no choice but to Lingling County West twenty Shibeicha Temple monks. At that time, there were a large number of Sanskrit Buddhist scriptures hidden in the temple. In order to understand the scriptures, he studied hard and later learned not only Sanskrit but also Chinese. In chanting meditation at leisure, Huai Su like learning calligraphy, like the Three Kingdoms Wei