2, Liu Gongquan (778-865), the word Hong. Jingzhao Garden (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province) was born. In the mid-Tang Dynasty, he was an official, calligrapher and poet, and he was the younger brother of Liu Gongzhuo, a senior minister of the Ministry of War.
3. At the age of 29, Liu Gongquan was the top scholar. In his early years, he served as the secretary of the provincial school and went to Xiazhou to listen to the shogunate. In Mu Zong, Jing Zong and Wenzong Dynasty, he served in the official residence and grew up in North Korea. * * * During the Seven Dynasties, the official was the Prince, and he was named the Duke of Hedong County, and the official was the Prince Taibao, so it was called "Liu". In the sixth year of Xian Tong (865), Liu Gongquan died at the age of 88. Got a prince's last name.
Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is famous for regular script. He first learned from Wang Xizhi. Later, he visited famous calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, learned from Yan Zhenqing's strengths and absorbed new ideas, and created his own unique "Liu Ti", which is famous for its strength and health, and later generations have the reputation of "Yan Gu". It is also called "Yan Liu" with Yan Zhenqing, and "four masters of regular script" with Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Zhao Mengfu. Inscriptions handed down from ancient times include diamond sutra, mysterious pagoda monument, Su Feng monument, etc. Cursive scripts include Fu, Sixteen Days Post and Insulting Post. In addition, the ink "Zhao Meng Post" and "Wang Xianzhi Send Pear Post Postscript" have also been passed down from generation to generation. Liu Gongquan also works in poetry, and his poems are preserved in The Whole Tang Poetry and The Whole Tang Poetry.