Point: The point of European body is solid, square and round. Some stippling makes a front point and brings out the next one, which is vivid and colorful.
Verticality: In addition to the common hanging needle and hanging vertical, European-style vertical painting also has a sharp vertical, that is, the front of the pen is exposed into the pen, and then the pen is turned straight down, which is also the original creation of European style.
Horizontal folding hook: the horizontal folding hook consists of a horizontal hook and a vertical hook; Write horizontally against the front first; At the end of the horizontal direction, lift the pen and sharpen it in front to pick up the vertical painting, and then turn the pen to write the vertical hook; The direction of the hook points to the starting point
Ou Ti, the ancestor, was born in the first year of Chen Yongding in the Southern Dynasties (557) and died in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan in Emperor Taizong (64 1). He was born in Linxiang (now Hunan) in Tanzhou. Known for regular script and running script. As the largest official calligrapher in the history of calligraphy, his handwriting is called "European style", which is as famous as Yan (Zhenqing), Liu (Gongquan) and Zhao ().
European style is a regular script font created by Ou Yangxun, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. It is characterized by the combination of harmony, strong stippling and cohesive brushwork. It is steep and rigorous. Keep the side stable, compact and sparse.
Ou Yangxun (557-64 1), a native of Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan), is one of the four masters of regular script (Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu). Dr. Taichang, the official of Sui Dynasty, was named Prince Geng Ling in Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ouyang Lvgeng". Together with the other three contemporaries (Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Xue Qi), they are called the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty.
Because his son Ouyang Tong is also good at calligraphy, he is also called "Big Europe". Ou Yangxun is known as the first regular script in Tang Dynasty for his rigorous brushwork and precipitous brushwork. He and Yu Shinan were both famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ou Yu". Later generations saw danger in peace with their books, and Xi Zhi, the first one, was named "Ou Ti".