64 calligraphy

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 dignified 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 was good at poetry and left many works for later generations.

However, in addition to his high achievements in calligraphy, he also served as a etiquette ambassador for a long time, made many achievements in participating in etiquette and made many amendments to the etiquette system in the Tang Dynasty.

In 782, three years after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Yan Zhenqing suggested to Tang Dezong that 64 ancient famous soldiers should be posthumously sealed and temples should be built for them to drink.

Among them, there are eight famous soldiers in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Do you know which eight?

First place: Fan Li

Legend has it that he helped Gou Jian prosper the State of Yue and destroy the State of Wu. After his success, he retired under the pen name Yan Yizi Pi, roaming between the seventy-two peaks.

Second place: Guan Zhong

In the first year, he was recommended by Bao as the minister of state and was honored as "Guan Zhong". During his tenure, he carried out major reforms in China, making the strong soldiers rich. Respecting the king and conquering foreigners and nine kings conquering the world made Qi Huangong the first of the five tyrants in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Third place: Tian Dan

During the Warring States period, the famous State of Qi was a distant imperial clan. When Qi was in danger, Tian Dan stuck to Jimo, defeated the Yan army with a fire bull array, recovered more than 70 lost cities, and worshipped it as an Anping army.

Fourth place: Sun Bin.

China was a strategist of Qi during the Warring States Period. During his tenure as a strategist, he helped Tian Ji, the general of Qi State, defeat Pang Juan twice, and won the battle of Guiling and Maling, which laid the foundation for Qi State's hegemony.

Fifth place: Lian Po.

At the end of the Warring States Period, Zhao was a famous soldier, and he was also called "Four Famous Soldiers of the Warring States Period" with Bai Qi, Wang Jian and Li Mu.

Sixth place: Zhao She.

Zhao, a famous soldier at the end of the Warring States period, was one of the eight famous soldiers in the six eastern countries during the Warring States period.

Seventh place: Wang Jian.

Xiang Yan was defeated by 600,000 troops, and Chu was destroyed. Together with his son Wang Ben, he became the greatest contributor to Qin Shihuang's unification of the six countries. With his excellent military command ability, he was called "the four great generals of the Warring States" with Bai Qi, Li Mu and Lian Po.

Eighth place: Li Mu.

Together with Bai Qi, Wang Jian and Lian Po, they are called "the four great generals of the Warring States". At the end of the Warring States Period, Li Mu was the only good general that Zhao relied on to prop up the crisis, and was known as "Li Mu died and Zhao died". Li Mu's life story can be roughly divided into two stages: one is to fight against Xiongnu in the northern part of Zhao; After that, it mainly resisted the state of Qin. Because it hit Qin Jun hard in the battle of Yi 'an, it won the title of Wu Anjun.