Story 1: Yellow Mud Calligraphy: When Yan Zhenqing was a child, his family was poor and he couldn't afford pens, ink, paper and inkstone, so he practiced calligraphy on the wall with a bowl full of yellow mud.
Story 2: Resignation: Yan Zhenqing resigned twice and went to Luoyang to learn from Zhang Xu. The second time, Zhang accepted him as a disciple. After Yan Zhenqing took Zhang Xu as his teacher, his calligraphy improved greatly, and Zhang Xu was satisfied with such a good student.
Yan Zhenqing has always been an official in the imperial court, and calligraphy is just a hobby. He led troops to fight with outstanding achievements and integrity. Therefore, like himself, his calligraphy is very broad-minded, full of energy, thick and simple, vigorous and vigorous, known as "Yan Ti", and he is one of the four regular script masters in the history of China calligraphy.