Li Yan, whose courtesy name is Xuzhong and whose pseudonym is Li Yan, is from Qixian County, Henan Province. He was born in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province in 1950. Currently working for Shanxi Fenxi Mining Group Industry and Trade Co., Ltd. Member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, director of the Shanxi Calligraphers Association, and director of the China Coal Mine Calligraphers Association. The calligraphy is elegant and peaceful, elegant yet vigorous. In 1985, his calligraphy works participated in the second calligraphy and seal cutting exhibition of China Coal Mine; in 1987, he participated in the third national calligraphy and seal cutting exhibition, and participated in many provincial calligraphy and seal cutting exhibitions; his running script couplets were published in the "Calligraphy Newspaper" "; the works are collected in Suizhou Chime Museum of Hubei Province, Taohuayuan Cultural Management Office of Hunan Province, etc. His works are included in more than ten calligraphy collections such as "Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy Art" and "A Survey of Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy Works". Dictionaries have been included in dictionaries such as "Who's Who in Chinese Contemporary Art" and "Dictionary of Contemporary Calligraphers, Painters and Seal Engravers".