What is Yan Zhenqing's masterpiece of calligraphy?

Yan Zhenqing's representative calligraphy works include Pagoda Induction Monument, Story of Magu Immortal Altar, Portrait Monument of Dong Fangshuo, Yan Monument, Monument to Yanshi Family Temple, Draft for Seating, Confession of My Own Book, and Manuscript for Sacrificing My Nephew, etc.

1. Multi-Pagoda Monument, the full name of which is Multi-Pagoda Induction Monument of Qianfu Temple in Xijing, Datang, was carved in 752 by the then literati Cenxun, calligrapher Xu Hao, calligrapher Yan Zhenqing Shudan and stone engraver Shi Hua. It is a formal calligraphy work. Now it is preserved in the second room of Xi 'an Stele Forest.

This monument has 34 lines and 66 words in total, and its contents mainly record the reasons and construction process of Jin Chu, the Zen master of Xijing longxing temple, who created many pagodas. Overall beautiful and vigorous, refreshing and pleasant, with a sense of simplicity and vividness.

The brushstroke is rich and beautiful, smooth and steady; Horizontal thin vertical thick, strong contrast; Start with more hints, end with more hints, and turn with more hints. The structure is rigorous, compact, regular, smooth, well-proportioned, the monument is excellent and has many words. Most people who study Emperor Yan started from this monument and entered its temple.

2. The full name of Magu Fairy Altar is Magu Mountain Fairy Altar in Nancheng County, Fuzhou in Tang Dynasty, which is the representative work of Yan Zhenqing's regular script.

The monument was erected in the sixth year of the Tang Dynasty (AD 77 1) and was later destroyed by lightning. It has a copy of the original extension. The inscription is vigorous and simple, with strong bone strength, the change of line thickness tends to be gentle, and the strokes are less tortuous. When using a pen, there is a "silkworm head swallow tail" with more strokes.

Because of its thick lines, in order to leave blank space in the middle palace of the word and avoid crowding, it has to try its best to spread around, and the extended writing method has been pushed to the extreme.

The monument used to be in Linchuan, Jiangxi, and was destroyed by fire next season. Regular script is ***90 1 according to the engraved and mounted versions handed down from generation to generation.

3. The yinzhi in Mr. Dongfang's Painting a Praise Monument was written by Tang Yan Zhenqing at the age of forty-five. It is vigorous and magnificent.

When Yan Zhenqing was in his heyday (45 years old), he wrote this tablet with vigorous and solemn brushwork, which is a treasure in Yan tablet. This monument has begun to take the scale of Hou Yan Shu, which is of great significance to the study of the development of Yan Shu. The original stone has been scraped away beyond recognition. Song Tuoba's family was handed down from generation to generation. For thousands of years, the world has been scrambling to copy and admire it.

4. The Li Yanqin Monument was written in the 14th year of Yan Zhenqing in Tang Dynasty (779). Regular script, inscription. Residual stone 175×90×22 cm. The monument is engraved on four sides and has books on three sides. Beiyang 19 lines, Yin Bei 20 lines, 38 words each. There are five lines on the left, each with 37 words. ?

On the right side of the first half of the Song Dynasty, the poet engraved the words "Suddenly surprised and forced to dawn, snow washed the haze" and wrote an inscription by Song Bolu of the Republic of China. The existing anbeilin is the first batch of steles collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing. Yan's stele body shows a tall and straight spirit, while Ma Gu Xian Tan Ji shows an ethereal and far-reaching charm, which can be called two peaks.

5. The full name of Yanshi Inscription is Inscription of Prince Yan Jun, the son of Shao Jianguo, written by Yan Zhenqing and published by Yan Zhenqing as his father Yan Weizhen. Carved in the first year of Jianzhong (780).

In the first year of Jianzhong (780), he wrote an article in June and a book "Monument and Postscript" in October, at the age of 72. At that time, Yan Zhenqing was full of ambition and his calligraphy was brilliant, which was the masterpiece of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy art in his later years, and he was also called "double wall" with Li Zhuan. The first line of this monument is engraved with the postscript of Lee Joon's re-establishment on August 29th, the seventh year of Song Taiping's national rejuvenation (982).

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