Liang Hu 梁鵠 was a calligrapher and civil official during the late Han.
Biography[]
He was proficient in the Eight Point Script 八分書.[1][2] Liang Hu first served as the Civil Officer of the Secretariat. Either he or Sima Fang recommended Cao Cao to serve as Commandant of the North of Luoyang; it is said that Cao Cao requested to be the Prefect of Luoyang but that Liang Hu saw him more suited as a Commandant.[1] He served as the 選曹尚書 by the end of Emperor Ling's reign.[3]
Liang Hu later fled into Jing province, but after Cao Cao took the region in 208, Liang Hu was summoned by Cao Cao. Liang Hu feared he might be executed as he had fled into Jing province, so he offered his books for his life. Cao Cao appreciated Liang Hu's writing skills and spared him. Cao Cao even had Liang Hu's writings attached to his tent banners and ordered Liang Hu to inscribe his calligraphy onto the palace gates.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "《世語》曰：安定梁鵠，善八分書，初為吏部尚書，太祖求為洛陽令，鵠以為北部尉。鵠避地荊州，太祖定荊州。太祖求鵠，鵠乞以書贖死，乃令書信幡、宮門題。"
("Liang Hu of Anding was good at the Eight Point Script. He previously served as Civil Officer of the Secretariat. When the Grand Progenitor requested to be Prefect of Luoyang, Hu believed him to be Commandant of the North. Hu hid away in Jing province, but the Grand Progenitor stabilized Jing province. The Grand Progenitor requested for Hu, where Hu begged to use his books to buy his life. [The Grand Progenitor] thus commanded his messages and letters be at the banners and that the palace gates were inscribed [by his hand].")
Cited in the Taiping Yulan. - ↑ 《世論》曰：安定梁鵠，字孟皇，善八分書。太祖使書信憧宮門榜題。
Cited in the Taiping Yulan. - ↑ 蔡質《漢儀》曰：「梁鵠為選部尚書。」
Fan Ye. "Titles 1" in the Book of the Later Han, cited by Li Xian 李賢.
Sources[]
- Chen Shou 陳壽 (233–297). Sanguo zhi 三國志 “Records of the Three Kingdoms”, with official commentary compiled by Pei Songzhi 裴松之 (372-451).
- Fan Ye 范曄 (398–445). Hou Han shu 後漢書 “History of the Later Han”.