What are the characteristics of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy?

1, solid brushwork, powerful writing, but no lack of bold and enchanting?

The initial formation stage of "Yan Ti" was before Yan Zhenqing was 50 years old. Works at this time, such as "Many Pagodas", can be seen from the writing style that Yan Zhenqing's main style is stable, vigorous, solid, vigorous and powerful, with prominent compact, complete and stable writing structure and many clear and far-reaching features between the lines.

Yan Zhenqing also strives to combine vigorous and enchanting. Every time he writes, he is vigorous and powerful, and his brushwork is enchanting. The main works are real books and cursive scripts, and occasionally I dabble in official and seal scripts, but there are few. Yan Zhenqing started from the early Tang Dynasty, but broke away from the old style of the early Tang Dynasty and became independent, deeply influenced by Zhang Xu. ?

2, accurately grasp the font writing, reflect the majesty of the font?

"Yan Ti" has both form and spirit, and is maturing. Yan Zhenqing was from 50 to 65 years old. During this period, Yan Zhenqing pinned all his emotions on calligraphy, repeatedly scrutinized "Yan Ti", demanded that his calligraphy be tangible and spiritual, and practiced repeatedly, and finally succeeded. From the works of this period, we can see that he increased the strength of great people, focused on writing, and turned the circle to the Tibetan front with the technique of seal writing, just like inkpad font.

The strokes form a round head and a thin tail, and the straight drawing highlights the momentum of the bow and arrow to be sent. Every word follows the writing method of horizontal thin vertical thick, and the pen tip becomes thinner at the end of the hook, highlighting the strength. When writing si, use the principle of twists and turns to write each hook full, domineering, uniform radian, full and powerful.

When Yan Zhenqing wrote the folding pen, he used the brushwork of secretly turning the pen. Judging from the structure of the characters, the characters are atmospheric, plain and steady, and the fonts are rigorous. The achievements in calligraphy have reached a rare level. Yan Zhenqing abandoned the previous regular script style and created a bold and enchanting "face".

3. The theme of calligraphy highlights philosophy and embodies emotion in calligraphy?

In Yan Zhenqing's works in his later years, such as Yan Bei, Yan Bei, Li, etc., Yan Zhenqing mainly focused on injecting fresh vitality into the old and spicy writing style, making the writing full of vitality and dense, revealing the perfect brushwork and bold style in the rich and mellow style.

In his later years, Yan Zhenqing showed his understanding and experience of life in his calligraphy works, and integrated the philosophy of life with calligraphy, vividly showing it with the dynamic philosophy of life in pen and ink, which made his words full of vitality.

Yan Zhenqing's Calligraphy Works

1, a manuscript dedicated to the nephew?

This is the representative work of Yan Zhenqing's cursive script. At that time, it was half a century since Yan Zhenqing was there. In calligraphy, there are people whose words are just as their names suggest. Yan Zhenqing comes from a loyal family, which makes people respect him. This spirit is also pinned on his calligraphy works.

From the time of drafting, after the later revision and improvement, it embodies the characteristics of Yan Zhenqing's writing conception, describes the whole process of writing in detail, and fully expresses his feelings in writing. His writing style is brilliant, highlighting the characteristics, comfortable and realistic, and all the strokes and strokes are just right.

The whole article adopts a round and powerful brushwork, adhering to the circular spirit of seal script. From beginning to end, although the ink in the brush was really dry, the color of the ink began to have new ink because of the pause, and the ink was thick and light, which changed a lot, but the whole article was completed and the writing was smooth.

2. "Ma Gu Xian Tan Ji"?

When Yan Zhenqing visited an ancient altar in Magu Mountain, Nancheng County, he found the fossils of snail shells in the soil. He felt it, so he wrote "Fuzhou Chengnan Magushan Xiantan". This inscription is solemn and stern, vigorous and beautiful, and has become another masterpiece of Yan Zhenqing in his sixties.

This work was written when Yan Zhenqing's regular script was finished. Later, Ouyang Xiu commented on this work, saying that this inscription is handsome and vigorous, with delicate brushwork and powerful brushwork. Later generations often praised this monument as "the best regular script in the world".