Liu Gongquan writes Liu style in regular script. It was Liu Gongquan who inherited the previous innovations such as brushwork. His calligraphy is vigorous, rigorous and meticulous. As far as the characteristics of Chinese characters are concerned, they are famous for their thinness and strength. The regular script written is beautiful and strong, and the running script and regular script are the most exquisite.
Calligrapher and poet Liu Gongquan was born in 778, Han nationality, and his ancestral home is Jingzhao Huayuan (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province). It is the palace of the prince, so the world calls it Wei Liu.
His calligraphy was always valued in Tang Muzong, Jing Zong and Wenzong. He lived an official life, grew up in Korea and had a successful career. He began to learn Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. Later, he visited a famous calligrapher and thought that Yan Zhenqing and his calligraphy were the best, so he absorbed the strengths of Yan and Europe and became a whole.
His handwriting is evenly matched, thin and hard, and he pursues Wei Bei firmly. His stippling is crisp and beautiful, vigorous and rigorous, so it is called "Yan Gu". The script is expensive, thin and hard, and its regular script is slightly thin and hard compared with the surface, so it is called "Yan Gu". He is as famous as Yan Zhenqing, known as "Yan Liu", and also known as "four masters of regular script" with Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Zhao Mengfu.
Inscriptions handed down from ancient times include Diamond Sutra Engraving, Mysterious Tower Monument and Su Feng Monument. There are cursive scripts, sixteen-day scripts, insulting Hunan scripts, etc. 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.
Introduction:
Liu Gongquan (778-865), the word is sincere. Jingzhao Garden (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province) was born. Official, calligrapher, poet, brother of Liu Gongzhuo, the minister of war.
When Liu Gongquan was twenty-nine, he won the first prize, again? [39]? In his early years, he served as a secretary, a provincial school book lang, 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 is a summarizer and innovator of regular script. On the basis of learning and inheriting the regular script styles of Zhong You, Wang Xizhi and others, he read modern calligraphy, learned from Yan Zhenqing, absorbed his new ideas, and created his own unique "six-style" regular script, which was imitated by later generations and became one of the outstanding representatives of "Tang Shu Shang Fa".