In the 22nd year of Kaiyuan (734), Yan Zhenqing became a scholar and served as a supervisor in the temple. Later, because he offended Yang, the powerful minister, he was demoted to be the prefect of the plain and was called "Yan Plain" by the world. During the Anshi Rebellion, Yan Zhenqing led the rebel army to fight against the rebels, and later he went to Fengxiang, where he was named Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Duke of Lu and Duke of History. In the first year of Xingyuan (784), he was sent to tell the rebel Li Xilie that he refused the thief in awe and was finally slapped to death. After he was killed, all the soldiers of the three armed forces wept bitterly. Posthumous title Si Tuleideng, posthumous title "in the text".
Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is exquisite and good at it. Chu Suiliang, a beginner, studied under Zhang Xu and got his brushwork. Its regular script is correct and majestic, and its running script is vigorous and powerful, which has created a "Yan style" regular script and has a great influence on later generations. Together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, they are also called "four masters of regular script". Together with Liu Gongquan, they are called "Yan Liu" and "Yangu". He is also good at writing poems, including, Ji, Wu, Lu and Linchuan.
? Born in a noble family, he has a mighty family style, a family background, full of loyalty, and counts Gong's life in detail, just as Gong commented on calligraphy: the heart is right and the pen is right.
He spoke for the official: In the first year of Tianbao (742), Yan Zhenqing was appointed as the secretariat of Linchuan, which made him a "political and economic master" and was highly respected. He rehabilitated Wuyuan's unjust prison, illegally removed the unfilial Shuofang county magistrate Zheng Yanzhou, and banned him from employment for life by the court. At the beginning of the Anshi Rebellion, Yan Zhenqing secretly raised the city wall, dredged the moat, recruited able-bodied men, and stored grain and grass under the pretext of continuous rain. Conquer the Anshi Rebellion, appoint good soldiers and strong generals, and fight hard. Yan Zhenqing impeached and demoted Cui Yi, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and Li Heji, an admonition officer, and all the officials stood up seriously. Because of righteous words, he offended dignitaries several times and was demoted several times when he went out of Beijing. But he is indomitable, not afraid of gossip, worried about the country and the people, and never changes his true colors as a hero.
As a master of calligraphy, Yan Zhenqing paid equal attention to both morality and calligraphy, and found a new way. His original calligraphy is magnificent and dignified, and his writing has changed from slender to square in the early Tang Dynasty, which has a centripetal force. The pen is vigorous and powerful, with good central brushwork, full bones and muscles and sharp edges. This book is magnificent in style and momentum, and has the spirit of flourishing Tang Dynasty. His calligraphy and cursive script are vigorous and powerful, showing true feelings, with calm structure and flying stippling, which opened up a whole life for calligraphy and cursive script after Wang School. Yan Zhenqing's running script is vigorous and gloomy. This style also reflects the prosperous style of the Tang Dynasty Empire, which is in line with his noble personality. It is a model of the perfect combination of calligraphy beauty and personality beauty, so it is praised as "the second running script in the world" by later generations.
There are three main points in counting Yan Zhenqing's life experience in the field of calligraphy:
(A) establish a solid backbone and strive for a magnificent style of writing
Before the age of 50, it can be said to be the first realm. In the eleventh year of Tianbao, there were Guo Monument, Guo Yan Monument, Twin Towers Monument and Confucius Temple Monument. In the 13th year of Tianbao, there were masterpieces such as Dong Fangshuo Portrait Praise and Dong Fangshuo Portrait Praise Monument Seal Ji.
(2) the implication in the word and the majestic outside the word.
From fifty to sixty-five, in this process, "Yan Ti" has both form and spirit, and gradually matures. In the meantime, his works include Jin Tennoja's Monument, Please Write Poems and Monuments Table, The Wise Fool Remains a Pile, Erase, Yan Yunnan Monument, Wei Zhen Monument, Zang Huaike Monument, Guo Jia Temple Monument, Yan Mi Monument, Yan Qiaoqing Monument, Xiaoyao Building and so on. After experiencing the turmoil of "An Shi Rebellion" and being rejected again and again, he expanded his spiritual space again and again, changed his lifestyle frequently, experienced life more, deepened his artistic experience, refined his form, refined his spirit, and finally matured. He strengthened his wrist strength, moved the center, and used printing method to turn around to the Tibetan front, such as printing mud. The strokes form the swallowtail of the silkworm head, while the straight drawing forms the shape of a crossbow. At this point, Yan Zhenqing swept away the regular script style since the early Tang Dynasty: the former is square and the latter is positive; The former is beautiful and the latter is strong; The former is elegant and the latter is straightforward; The former is thin and the latter is fat; The former has profound statutes, while the latter has laws to follow; The former is decorated with flowers, while the latter is full of vitality. It can be said that it is reform and innovation, and the male soul casts a "face."
(3) Realize the change of God and use life brilliantly.
After sixty-five years old, he changed from maturity to magic, and entered the country day by day. Every monument has its own glory. His works include steles, calligraphy, Zhushantang couplets, Miaoxi Temple Monument, Yan Gao Qing Monument, Li Monument, Yan Monument, Mayu Monument, Temple Monument, Yan Zibai, and
Confucius said, "Sixty is pleasant to the ear, seventy is satisfactory, and it is not out of line." Yan Zhenqing also reached this level in his later years. He has a thorough understanding of life and calligraphy through introspection, and has a thorough understanding of the philosophy of life and calligraphy. Therefore, his paintings are mottled with blood and tears of life, and in the movement of pen and ink, they are filled with ode to life.
? Yan Zhenqing was an outstanding politician and calligrapher in the middle Tang Dynasty. He is honest and honest, disloyal to powerful people, unflinching in flattery, upright and upright, and famous for his benevolence, righteousness and loyalty. In the end, he is famous for his ambition, legendary life and inspirational backwardness.