Ou Yangxun was born in Linxiang County (now Changsha City, Hunan Province). Tang dynasty minister and calligrapher. Son of Ouyang, one of the four masters of regular script. Yang Di acceded to the throne, and Ou Yangxun was the doctor too often.
In the third year of Wude (620), he took refuge in Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, and was granted the post of Taichang Qing; In the fifth year of Wude (622), he surrendered to Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, was awarded as a teacher, moved to Guanglu, Yin Qing, as a doctor, and was awarded to Zhong Shi, led by Prince Geng Ling. He was awarded a bachelor's degree in Hong Wen Pavilion, conferred the title of Duke of Bohai, and presided over the compilation of the Collection of Arts and Articles.
Ou Yangxun's Calligraphy Achievements
Ou Yangxun is proficient in calligraphy, and he is also called "the four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty" with Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi. Because his son Ouyang Tong is good at calligraphy, he is called "Great Europe" in history. Calligraphy is in danger in Pingzhong, nicknamed "European style".
The representative works include The Ritual Spring Inscription of Jiucheng Palace, The Birthday Monument of Huangfu and The Monument of Huadu Temple, and the running script includes Zhong Nimeng's Diantie and Running Script Thousand Words, which have their own unique views on calligraphy. The calligraphy monograph The Buddhist Pagoda Inscription of Huadu Temple discusses eight methods, teaching methods, using a pen and thirty-six methods.