Yan Liu Ou Zhao is known as the four masters of regular script, also known as official script or real script. Its characteristics are: square shape, straight strokes, can be used as a model, hence the name.
Yan Zhenqing's regular script has a solemn and majestic style. His pen is horizontal and light, vertical and heavy, and his brushwork is vigorous. Structurally, it is square and dense. The vertical pen is slightly curved in the middle, soft and elastic in the middle, with heavy strokes and strong centrality, which adds to his magnificent, round and rich aesthetic feeling.
Liu's body and pen are vigorous, and he is known as "Yan Gu". The world's evaluation of this monument is "neat and gentle", which is the first wonderful trace of his life.
European calligraphy, which is dignified, incisive but not rigid, tight, rigid but not cramped, is the result of innovation from Han Li and the regular script in Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Zhao Ti's calligraphy, which was created by Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty, is mellow and beautiful, and later praised by Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. Its running style is thorough and elegant.
Yan Zhenqing (709-785)
An outstanding calligrapher and a great patriot in the Tang Dynasty. Han nationality, the word Chen Qing, Langya Xiao (now Feixian County, Linyi City).
His great-grandfather, grandfather and father all made official seals, and his mother Yin was also good at calligraphy. His regular script is contrary to the calligraphy style of the early Tang Dynasty, featuring brushwork. It is a typical example of perfect combination of calligraphy beauty and personality beauty. His calligraphy style is called "Yan Ti", which is also called "Yan Liu" with Liu Gongquan, and has the reputation of "Yan Liu Jin Gu".
Liu Gongquan (778 -865),
The word is sincere, and he was a scholar in the Tang Dynasty. The official to the prince is a surname, and the world calls it "Liu". Because he was also named Duke of Hedong by the emperor, later generations also called him "Liu Hedong". He is a descendant of Yan Zhenqing, and later called them "Yan Liu", which became a model of calligraphy in past dynasties.
Ou Yangxun (557-64 1 year)
Letters from Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan), one of the four masters of regular script (Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu). Dr. Taichang, the official of Sui Dynasty, was named Prince Geng Ling in Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ouyang Lvgeng". Together with the other three contemporaries (Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Xue Qi), they are called the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty. Because his son Ouyang Tong is also good at calligraphy, he is also called "Big Europe". Ou Yangxun is known as the first regular script in Tang Dynasty for his rigorous brushwork and precipitous brushwork. He and Yu Shinan were both famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ou Yu". Later generations saw danger in peace with their books, and Xi Zhi, the first one, was named "Ou Ti".
Zhao Mengfu (1254 ——1322)
Zi Ziang,no. Song Xuedao. Famous painter in Yuan Dynasty, one of the four masters of regular script (Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu). Huzhou (now Xing Wu, Zhejiang) people. Song Taizu's eleventh grandson, Empress Qin also. The fifth ancestor An Xiu Xi was a prince, and the fourth ancestor worshipped Jing Xian Wang Bo Gui. The emperor had no children, so he gave his son to Huzhou as filial piety, and Bo Gui and his brother were born in Huzhou. Zeng Zushi Chui, Zu Xiyong and Songshi are all senior officials; When in Rome, do as the Romans do and be honored by Meng Qigui. He gave a gift to Ji Xian, his bachelor's teacher, hoping that he would serve in the etiquette palace forever, and sealed the Duke and Duke Wei together with Ji Xian.