Ou Yangxun (AD 557-64 1) was a calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty. Literally, he is a native of Linxiang (now Changsha, Hunan) in Tanzhou. He entered the Tang Dynasty from Chen and Sui, and was deeply appreciated and valued. He has served as a bachelor of the museum, a duke of Bohai, and an official to the crown prince is even more important, which is called "Ouyang attracts many" in history. Broaden the history and compile the Collection of Literature and Art 100 Volume. The two kings began to learn calligraphy, and later studied Zhuanli and Wei Bei in Qin and Han Dynasties, all of which were excellent, and their calligraphy was unique in the world. Regular script is bold and rigorous, and the statutes are strict. Internationally known as "European" and "more efficient". Comments on Weng Fanggang's Collected Works of Fuchuzhai in Qing Dynasty: "Thousands of households, those who abide by Fiona Fang's rules are the best, so there are many families, and the procedures are hundred generations." Calligraphy works handed down in regular script include Jiuchenggong Liquan inscription, Huadu Temple Yong Zen Master Taming, Yugong Gong Wen Yanbo inscription, Huangfu birthday inscription, Yaobian epitaph, Wen Yanbo inscription and so on. The official script inscription includes Fang's inscription and Tang Zongsheng's point of view. Calligraphy theory has Bi Tan, Thirty-six Laws and Eight Laws. Old Tang Book 189, New Tang Book 198. Yu Shinan (558-638 AD) was a calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty. Bo Shi is from Yuyao, Zhejiang. He was an official of the State of Chen and served as a secretary lang in the Sui Dynasty. After entering the Tang Dynasty, he was led by Emperor Taizong as Qin Gong, and later served as secretary supervisor, sealing Yongxing County, known as "Yu Yongxing". Quiet and taciturn, weak in appearance and strong in will. Emperor Taizong said that Yu Shinan has five unique qualities: "morality, loyalty, erudition, language and literature". He compiled China's first book, Bei Tang Shuchao, an ancient book 160. He is the second king of calligraphy, harmonious and elegant, soft outside and rigid inside. The most famous calligraphy works are the tablet of Confucius Temple and the preface to breaking evil spirits, and the ink of the running script is the epitaph of Princess Runan (suspected copy of Song Dynasty); Calligraphy theory has Shu Zhi Shu, Guan Xue Pian and Bimu Lun. Ming Xiangmu commented on Fa Ya's words: "The wisdom spread in the south is rigid and profound, and its cursive style is extraordinary in charm, but its strength is slightly wider." Seventy-two volumes of Old Tang Shu and one hundred and two volumes of New Tang Shu have been circulated. Chu Suiliang (596-658 AD) was a calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty. The word Dengshan was born in Qiantang (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang). At the end of Zhenguan, he and Sun Chang Wuji were instructed by Emperor Taizong to assist him. When Emperor Gaozong was the Duke of Henan, he was called "Chu Henan". The official reaches the official department of Shangshu, and the right servant of Shangshu shoots it. Later, he was banished to Ganzhou (now Viet Nam's Qinghua Province) as a secretariat for opposing Li Zhili's establishment of Empress Wu Zetian, and died a year later. Calligraphers Ou Yangxun, Zhiyong and Erwang, plus Han Li, know the most about the ritual tablet. This tablet is exquisite and elegant in calligraphy, and is famous for its fine thickness. Chu changed the official script into regular script, which made the calligraphy complete, beautiful and gorgeous, and was known as "green and graceful, invincible in Luo Qi". He was also good at identifying the original works of the two kings and was the authority at that time. The calligraphy works in circulation include Yi Que Buddhist Shrine Monument, Master Meng Monument, Preface to Wild Goose Pagoda, Classic of Big Characters, Square Monument, Ode to Dead Trees, Mourning for Emperor Taizong, Ni Kuanzan, and Qing Entertainment Epitaph. Liang Qing-Liang's Book Review said: "The book of Chu is a masterpiece, which is empty, clever, thin, hard and clear. But frivolous, not very calm, so there have been discussions about learning after frivolous in the past. " There are 80 volumes of old Tang books and 150 volumes of new Tang books. Xue Ji (AD 649-7 13) was a painter and calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty. Word Stone, Zhou Pu Fenyin (now Shaanxi Wanrong) people. He is Wei Zhi's nephew, Jing Longzhong, who holds a bachelor's degree in Zhaowen Museum and is honored as assistant minister of Chinese books. He learned about the maintenance of the locomotive, and together with Yizangong, who was called "Xue Shaobao" by the world, he was named Duke of Jin. Later, he was sentenced to death and imprisonment for predicting that Dou Huaizhen murdered Xuanzong. Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang are the proud students of Chu Suiliang's calligraphy. At that time, people said that "you can learn from Chu without losing your virtue", which shows that he is "keen on imitation". "Postscript of Guang Chuan Shu" said that he "inherited his blood and kissed Chu. As for the delicate pen, it is clear and self-contained. " Cultivating oneself with a pen is exactly what Song Huizong's "thin book" follows. Yukime can draw figures, Buddha statues, trees and stones, flowers and birds, especially cranes. At that time, he left many paintings in Chang 'an, Luoyang, Sichuan and other places, and the six cranes he created on the screen were also imitated by others. Until the appearance of the Five Dynasties, Xue Ji's painting of cranes was always recognized as a superb skill, but unfortunately, his works did not survive. Calligraphy includes "Nobuyuki Zen Master Tablet". The calligraphy of the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty has a * * * feature, that is, the style of regular script is "delicate and delicate". Among them, Ou Yangxun's regular script is more prominent and has made the greatest contribution, and he is called "the four masters of regular script" with Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu. His Nine Success has always been regarded as a model for learning regular script. There were four calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty, namely: Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi.
Ou Yangxun 1
Ou Yangxun (557-64 1), a native of Linxiang (now Changsha, Hunan), was a famous calligrapher and official in the Tang Dynasty, and one of the four masters of regular script.
Sun of General Liang Zhengnan in the Southern Dynasties, son of General Ouyang Kun in the Southern Dynasties, was born in Hengzhou (now Hengyang, Hunan) in the second year of Liang Taiping in the Southern Dynasties (AD 557), and his ancestral home was Linxiang in Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan).
Ou Yangxun, together with his contemporaries Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi, were called the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty. Because his son Ouyang Tong is also good at calligraphy, he is also called "Big Europe".
He and Yu Shinan were both famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ou Yu". Later generations see danger in Chinese books, which is the most convenient for beginners and named "European style".
Representative regular script includes Jiuchenggong Li Quanming, Huangfu Birthday Monument, Huadu Temple Monument, and running script includes Zhong Nimeng's stippling and running script with thousands of characters.
He has his own unique views on calligraphy, including eight methods of calligraphy works, teaching strategies, pen theory and thirty-six methods. Written by the Buddhist monk Huadu Temple Pagoda Inscription, Gonggong Wenyanbo Monument and Huangfushengchen Monument are called "the first regular script in the Tang Dynasty".
2. Yu Shinan
Xue Ji (649-7 13) was born in Fenyin, Zhou Pu (now Wanrong County, Shaanxi Province) (West Branch of Xuejia in Hedong). Tang dynasty ministers, painters and calligraphers.
He used to be assistant minister of Huangmen, assistant worker, prince of Shaobao and minister of rites, and was named Jin Gong. After Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne, Princess Taiping and Dou Huaizhen plotted a coup. Yukime died in prison at the age of 65 because he didn't report it.
Master Gong Shu, from Yu Shinan, and Chu Suiliang, Yu Shinan were called four masters in the early Tang Dynasty. Good at painting, good at figures, Buddha statues, trees and stones, flowers and birds, especially good at painting cranes, which can accurately and vividly express the shape and expression of cranes. There are several masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, such as "The Monument to the Believing Zen Master".
3. Chu Suiliang
Chu Suiliang (596-658 or 659), born in Qiantang, Hangzhou (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), was a politician and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
Chu Suiliang is knowledgeable and proficient in literature and history. Follow Xue Ju at the end of Sui Dynasty and give up others for the overall situation. After submitting to the Tang Dynasty, he served as an admonition officer, assistant minister of Huangmen and minister in charge of government.
In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan (649), Sun Chang Wuji was adopted by Emperor Taizong's posthumous edict, and he was promoted to the right servant of Shangshu, making him the Duke of Yuzhou. Later, it was the same State Secretariat. Yonghui was recalled in the third year (652), and served as the official minister, supervising the revision of national history, being the right servant of the official minister and knowing political affairs.
After resolutely opposing the establishment of Wu Zetian, he was demoted to the governor of Tanzhou (now Changsha). After Wu Hou came to power, he was transferred to the governor of Guangxi (now Guilin), and later demoted to Aizhou Secretariat (now Qinghua, Vietnam) and died in office. In the sixth year of Tianbao (747), it was awarded to Gaozong Temple. Posthumous title is "Wen Zhong".
Chu Suiliang is a calligrapher. He studied in Shinan first, and then in Xizhi, the king of France. He, Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan and Xue Qi are also called "four outstanding figures in the early Tang Dynasty". His ink handed down from ancient times includes Master Meng's Monument and the preface to the sacred teachings of Yanta.
4. Yukime
Yu Shinan (July 1 1558-638) was born in Yuyao, Yuezhou (now Zhenming Hechang, Guanhaiwei, Cixi City, Zhejiang Province). Calligrapher, writer, poet and politician from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and one of the twenty-four outstanding figures in Lingyange. Son of Li Yu, illegitimate son of Prince Chen, younger brother of Yu Shiqi, assistant minister of literature and history of Sui Dynasty.
Yu Shinan is quiet and eager to learn. Chen, two generations of Sui Dynasty, was an official worshiper of a doctor and lived in a shed. After the demise of the Sui Dynasty, he was appointed assistant minister of Huangmen by Dou Jiande.
After the destruction of Dou Jiande, Nan joined the army as Qin, Taishigong and Tingchang, and Fang became one of the "eighteen bachelors".
During the Zhenguan period, he served as a writer, secretary, secretary supervisor and so on, and successively served as the son of Yongxing County and the public of Yongxing County, so he was known as "Yu Yongxing and Yu Secret Supervisor".
Although he looks timid, he is strong-willed, outspoken, and dares to remonstrate, which won the respect of Li Shimin. He is known as "virtue, loyalty, erudition, literature and literature".
In the 12th year of Zhenguan (638), Yu Shinan died at the age of 81. Posthumous title does history, presented "Wen Yi" and was buried in Zhaoling. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), it was painted like Lingyan Pavilion.
Yu Shinan is good at calligraphy, and he is also known as "the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty" with Ou Yangxun, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi. Japanese academic circles call Ou Yangxun and Chu Suiliang.
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