When Yan Zhenqing was three years old, his father died of illness. Mother had to take him back to grandpa's house. Yan Zhenqing's grandfather is a painter and his mother is a sensible person. Seeing that Yan Zhenqing was clever, they taught him to read and write. Yan Zhenqing practiced calligraphy with great care, never careless with strokes, and spent most of his time writing. The mother was both happy and sad to see her son practicing calligraphy so attentively.
The good news is that my son will succeed in the future; What worries him is that his family is not well off, and where can he get spare money to buy him paper to practice calligraphy? 3. Yan Zhenqing is very sensible. Seeing that her mother was worried about having no money to buy paper, she quietly figured it out. One day, Yan Zhenqing said happily to his mother, "I have a pen and paper, which costs nothing. Don't worry! " "Silly boy, how can pens and paper not cost money?"
"Look, isn't it?" Holding a bowl and a brush in his hand, Yan Zhenqing said happily, "This bowl is an inkstone, this brush is a pen, and the yellow mud in the bowl is ink!" "So ... where is the paper?" Mom asked again. Yan Zhenqing pointed to the wall with his finger and said seriously, "This is paper. Do not believe me to write for you! "
After that, he picked up the brush, dipped the bowl in mud, walked to the wall and wrote. When the wall was full of words, he washed them off with clean water. Then write it again. Seeing that her son had a good way to practice calligraphy without spending money, the mother smiled happily. Because Yan Zhenqing is diligent and studious, he not only developed a good hand when he grew up, but also became a well-read young man.
Yan Zhenqing's achievements:
Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is exquisite and good at it. Chu Suiliang, a beginner, studied under Zhang Xu and got his brushwork. Its regular script is dignified and majestic, and its running script is vigorous and powerful, which has created a "Yan style" regular script and has a great influence on later generations. Together with Zhao Meng, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, they are also called "four masters of regular script". Together with Liu Gongquan, they are called "Yan Liu" and "Yangu".
He is also good at poetry, such as You, Ji, Wu, Ji, Lu Ji and Linchuan Ji, all of which have been lost. The Song people compiled Yan Ji.