Yan Zhenqing was admitted to imperial academy in the 22nd year of Kaiyuan (734). Imperial academy for four times, moved to the temple to serve imperial academy. Rejected by Yang, the powerful minister at that time, he was demoted to the plain satrap and was called "Yan Plain". When Tang Suzong arrived in Fengxiang, he was awarded the title of Minister of Constitution, and later he moved to imperial academy.
When Tang Daizong was an official, he went to the official department of Shangshu Province, and a prince and a surname named him Duke Lu, which was called Duke Yan Lu in history. In the first year of Xingyuan (784), he was framed by Qilu, the prime minister, and sent to Li Xilie, the leader of the rebel army, to complain. He refused the thief in awe and was finally killed.
Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was a beginner of Chu Suiliang, and later he studied calligraphy in Zhang Xuxue. He also discussed calligraphy with Huai Su. He deeply studied the calligraphy of Erwang and Chu Suiliang, absorbed their strengths, completely got rid of the style of the early Tang Dynasty and created a new era of calligraphy style. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy style is called "Yan Ti", and it is also called "Yan Liu" with Liu Gongquan, and has the reputation of "Yan Liu Jin Gu".
Yan Zhenqing's original calligraphy is magnificent and dignified, and its handwriting has changed from slender in the early Tang Dynasty to square and has a centripetal force. The pen is vigorous and powerful, and the central brushwork is good. Full of bones and muscles, but also sharp. Generally, horizontal painting is slightly thinner, vertical painting, point, skimming and pressing are slightly thicker. This book is magnificent in style and momentum, and has the spirit of flourishing Tang Dynasty.
His cursive script is vigorous, expressive, calm and vigorous, which opens up a complete life for the cursive script after Wang School. Yan Zhenqing's running script is vigorous and vigorous. This style also reflects the prosperous style of the Tang Dynasty empire and conforms to his noble personality. It is a typical example 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.
It is more dignified and vigorous, and Yan's tablet is also his work, but the fine strokes are different from other tablets. Yan's Temple Monument is rich in calligraphy, which is also his masterpiece in his later years. Compared with his early works, it is more vigorous and atmospheric, which is his masterpiece in his later years.
In the history of calligraphy, Yan Zhenqing created a unique realm of calligraphy with "Yan Ti". His calligraphy is characterized by excellent spirituality and natural magnificent realm; It is cast by its powerful soul, and its realm is naturally vigorous; It enriches the people, and the realm is naturally broad. In his youth, Yan Zhenqing asked Zhang Xu "how to be equal to the ancients".
This is the aspiration of Yan's calligraphy, and it is also Yan's flying mandarin fish. This strict Miao descendant who used a loess broom to sweep walls and learn calligraphy since childhood stood at a towering starting point of calligraphy almost from the beginning. In calligraphy, Kun Peng spread his wings, and it took almost thirty or forty years of experience to become his own face and climate.
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