Liu Gongquan, a famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, is one of the four masters of regular script. Han nationality, Zhao Jingyuan. This prince is called Liu. Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is famous for regular script. Like Yan Zhenqing, he studied Wang Xizhi's Yan Zhenqing calligraphy first, and then looked at the calligraphy of famous people in the Tang Dynasty. He thinks that Yan Zhenqing is the best person, so he absorbs the advantages of Yan and Europe, and forms his own Liu style between the charm of Jin people and the elegance of Yan Shu. He is famous for his strength, and later generations have Yan Gu. He has many works in his life. The main representative works are the bell tower of Tang and Ming Dynasties, the diamond sutra stone carving, the mysterious pagoda monument, the Su Feng monument, the Shence Army monument and so on. And Zhao Mengtie, Wang Xianzhi sent pear postscript and other ink.
Liu Gongquan was eager to learn from childhood and was good at rhyme. He used to be a bachelor of Hanlin, a master of calligraphy, a bachelor of Hanlin, a prince of Taibao and a public servant of Hedong. Honest and frank, dare to speak frankly. He was good at regular script, extensively studied Wei, Jin and early Tang Dynasty, and was deeply influenced by Yan Zhenqing. Its structure is rigorous, its brushwork is sharp, it is as strong as bone, and its style is rich. Being able to be graceful and unconstrained with Yan Zhenqing was praised as Yangu by later generations. It has a great influence in the history of calligraphy. Liu Gongquan handed down the ink as a sticky pear, and the inscriptions include Diamond Sutra, Mysterious Pagoda, Shence Army Ji Shengde, Pingxi County, Xiyang County Wang Yu, Wei Gongxian Temple, Gao and Su Feng.