Occupying a special position in the history of Chinese calligraphy, the only one who can compete with the great calligrapher Wang Xizhi and shine successively is Yan Zhenqing. His calligraphy is mostly regular script and also includes cursive script. The stele written in regular script is upright, beautiful and powerful. He was born when regular script was popular and, opposite to Wang Xizhi's example, he ushered in a new trend in calligraphy.