Looking at the success of famous calligraphers, we must pay attention to two points. First, they are all ancient inscriptions, and they rarely learn the words of contemporary calligraphers. Second, in ancient inscriptions, they attached great importance to the famous inscriptions of famous artists and everyone.
In the Tang Dynasty, regular script was standardized and rigorous, and the brushwork was vigorous, and famous historical sites gathered. Famous calligraphers come forth in large numbers. Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Chu Suiliang are outstanding calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, and their European, Yan, Liu and Chu styles are unparalleled, which has become the peak in the history of regular script art so far. Although Zhao Mengfu was born later in the Yuan Dynasty, his Zhao Ti is free and easy, round and elegant, and the regular script after the Yuan Dynasty is rarely better than others. Therefore, based on the most famous manuscripts of these five regular script masters, we compiled this set of China calligraphy tutorial series, including five regular script copybooks of Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxun, Chu Suiliang and Zhao Mengfu.
Ou Yangxun (AD 557-64 1) was born in Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Shutangshan, Wangcheng County, Changsha). In the Sui Dynasty, he was a doctor too often, and in the Tang Dynasty, he was a prince, a bachelor of Hong Wen Pavilion, a Bohai Duke, and an official Yinqing doctor, hence the name. Rate, "Bohai". My father's name is Ge, and he is the secretariat of Chen Guangzhou. In his later years, he was suspected by the court and killed for treason. Ou Yangxun was supposed to sit together, but he got away with it. He was adopted by his father's old friend Shang Shuling and taught him to read and write. Although Ou Yangxun is short and ugly, he is very witty and never forgets anything. He reads a few lines of a book and is very diligent. It is said that once he saw Tu's calligraphy cheats, he gritted his teeth and bought them back for 300 yuan. It turns out that this is a calligraphy enlightenment book by Wang Xianzhi, the son of Wang Xizhi. After he bought this rare book at a high price, he was so happy that he buried himself in research for more than a month and the book made great progress. It is also said that he stayed in front of the tablet written by Suo Jing for three days and forgot to eat or sleep. In "On the Use of Pen", he said: "Give yourself a little and make progress, and calligraphy is affectionate. Every time there is a different folk miracle, you will not hesitate to sing and play, draw its wonderful thoughts and imitate it all day long. As for the bow, you won't be tired. " I'm afraid this is a true portrayal of his own study of ancient calligraphy. Therefore, he "does his best and his brushwork is dangerous". People often regard receiving his letter as a great honor. Even South Korea attaches great importance to his calligraphy and once sent messengers to ask for books. According to the New Tang Book, Chu Suiliang once asked Yu Shinan, "Is my calligraphy better than Ou Yangxun?" Yu Shinan replied, "I heard that Ou Yangxun never chose paper and pen to write, but wrote freely. Can you do it? " .
Ou Yangxun is famous for his calligraphy practice and has made great achievements in calligraphy theory. His calligraphy works include Eight Laws, Thirty-six Laws, Using a Pen and Teaching Strategies. Among them, Eight Tactics and On the Use of Pens are about the use of pens in calligraphy, Thirty-six Laws are about the structure of calligraphy, and Teaching Tactics is about how to copy. However, one article in the Thirty-six Laws has the words "Gao Zong's Calligraphy" and "Mr. Dongpo", which may not have been written by the Tang Dynasty, but other articles are more credible.