The calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty who washed his brushes at Shutang Mountain in the north of Changsha City was Ouyang Xun.
Ouyang Xun’s ancestral home is Changsha, Hunan, and Beishutang Mountain is a mountain in Changsha, Hunan. It is the place where Master Ouyang Xun often goes to practice calligraphy. Ouyang Xun and his contemporaries Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji were called the Four Great Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty. Because his son Ouyang Tong was also good at calligraphy, he was also called "Da Ou". Both Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan were famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, and they were both called "Ou Yu". Later generations used their calligraphy to find dangers in the ordinary and most convenient for beginners, so they were called "European style".
A brief biography of Ouyang Xun
Ouyang Xun, courtesy name Xinben, was born in Linxiang County, Tanzhou (now Changsha City, Hunan Province). Minister and calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty. Son of Ouyang He.
When Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty came to the throne, Ouyang Xun became Dr. Taichang. In the third year of Wude (620), he took refuge in Xia King Dou Jiande and was awarded the position of Taichang Qing. In the fifth year of Wude (622), he surrendered to Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, and was awarded the title of Shizhong. He moved to Yinqing Guanglu doctor, gave Shizhong, Prince Lingengling, and Hongwenguan bachelor. He was canonized as a male from Bohai County. He presided over the compilation of "Art and Literature" "Gather". He died in the early years of Zhenguan at the age of eighty-five.