His regular script is contrary to the calligraphy style of the early Tang Dynasty, featuring brushwork. It is a typical example of perfect combination of calligraphy beauty and personality beauty. His calligraphy style is called "Yan Ti", which is also called "Yan Liu" with Liu Gongquan, and has the reputation of "Yan Liu Jin Gu".
Firstly, the forest of steles in Xi 'an is introduced, which shows that it is "the largest art treasure house in China" and is called the place where famous monuments gather. Then, in the order of historical dynasties, it introduces the deeds and main features of calligraphy of Wang Xizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Ou Yangxun in the early Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and Liu Gongquan after Yan Zhenqing. It also introduces the representative works of Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan, such as Huangfu Birthday Monument, Yanshi Family Temple Monument and Mysterious Pagoda Monument, which are illustrated with pictures and texts. However, there is an omission in this paper, that is, Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy work selected in the illustration is not "Yan Family Temple Monument", but another inscription of Yan Zhenqing, "Yan Liqin Monument".
Kuizhou Taishou Yan Monument is a tombstone erected by Yan Zhenqing for his great-grandfather Yan. Carved on all sides, there are two sides and one side, and the text ends with "Yue Ming". Beiyang 19 line, five lines on the side of the monument, 37 words per line. The inscription on the left has been worn out in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there is no date for setting up the monument. 1922 10 was unearthed at the back of Fankutang in Anjiu (now Anshi Road), and then moved to Xincheng, and 1948 moved to Anbeilin. This monument was made by Yan Zhenqing at the age of 60.
The textbook is selected from the second part of the first line to the eighth line of Li Yanqin Beiyang, with a total of 79 words.
The tablet of Yan's family temple was inscribed by Yan Zhenqing for his father Wei Zhen. It was written in the first year of Tang Jianzhong (AD 780) at the age of 72. The height of the monument is 338. 1 cm, the width is 176 cm, there are 47 characters in 24 rows, the width of the monument is 40 cm, and there are 52 characters in 6 rows. Li Yin. The original monument is now hidden in Xi 'an Forest of Monuments.
After the monument, there is a postscript to the restoration of Guangguo on August 29, the seventh year of Guangguo (AD 982). According to the postscript, this monument was destroyed by the political chaos in the late Tang Dynasty and fell into the dust in the countryside. At the beginning of Song Taiping's rejuvenation, Li Yan attacked newspaper officials and moved into the Confucius Temple in Fucheng. According to Wang Shizhen, this tablet in the early Song Dynasty is still "immune to its flaws.". This monument is still relatively complete, but because it has been circulating for too long, the original appearance of the font is far from it.
Is it possible that "Yan Monument" and "Yan Temple Monument" have different names for the same inscription, or that the tombstone, his great-grandfather, can also be called Yan Temple Monument? The answer is no, in addition to the two monuments mentioned in the above discussion, there are many other works about Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy that mention two monuments at the same time:
Ouyang Zhong, a famous calligrapher, introduced in his book "A Brief Introduction to Regular Script": "Yan Shu has strict statutes and many pagodas in regular script, which is suitable for beginners; Magu Mountain Xiantan and Yanjiamiao are later works with mature personal system style, and they are the representatives of Yan Shu. Others, such as Praise for Oriental Painting, Diligence, Li, Confessions from Books, etc., have their own styles and can be used for reference. "
"60-year-old book Yan Bei, ... 72-year-old book Self-Writing Post, Yan Family Temple Monument, etc. The image of swallowtail silkworm heads in these later years is not obvious, the structure tends to be rigorous and simple, and the pen is heavy. "
"In the mid-Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing learned from Chu and was able to change, creating a new book style that was elegant, smart, clumsy, vigorous and soft ... with many works, which had a great influence on later generations. There are many pagodas in the Thousand-Buddha Temple, the Shi Yanqin, the Governor's Monument in Kuizhou, the Portrait Monument in Dong Fangshuo, and the Fairy Altar in Tanggu Mountain. "
To sum up, we can see the special significance of Yan Family Temple Monument in the history of calligraphy in China. It refers to Yan Zhenqing's 72-year-old Monument to Father Wei Zhen's Family Temple and Monument to Li Yanqin, which were written at different times and with different contents. It is not correct to choose the picture of the monument in the teaching material and label it as the Yan family temple monument.