What are the representative works of Yan Liu Ou Zhao?

Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxun and Zhao Mengfu are also called "Four Masters" in regular script. Yan Liu Ou Zhao is known as the four masters of regular script, also known as official script or real script. Its characteristics are: square shape, straight strokes, can be used as a model, hence the name. Began in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Yan Zhenqing

Yan Zhenqing (709-785),

An outstanding calligrapher and a great patriot in the Tang Dynasty. Han nationality, the word Chen Qing, Langya Xiao (now Feixian County, Linyi City).

His great-grandfather, grandfather and father all made official seals, and his mother Yin was also good at calligraphy.

His regular script is contrary to the calligraphy style of the early Tang Dynasty, featuring brushwork. It is a typical example of perfect combination of calligraphy beauty and personality beauty. His calligraphy style is called "Yan Ti", which is also called "Yan Liu" with Liu Gongquan, and has the reputation of "Yan Liu Jin Gu".

Liu Gongquan

Liu Gongquan (778 -865),

The word is sincere, and he was a scholar in the Tang Dynasty. The official to the prince is a surname, and the world calls it "Liu".

Because he was also named Duke of Hedong by the emperor, later generations also called him "Liu Hedong". He is a descendant of Yan Zhenqing, and later called them "Yan Liu", which became a model of calligraphy in past dynasties.

Liu Gongquan's calligraphy was very famous at that time in the Tang Dynasty, and there was a saying among the people that "Liu Zi is a thousand dollars". His calligraphy is vigorous and vigorous, and his words are 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. Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is called "Liu Style" because of its unique works.

Ouyang Xun

Ou Yangxun (557-64 1 year),

Letters from Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan), one of the four masters of regular script (Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu). Dr. Taichang, the official of Sui Dynasty, was named Prince Geng Ling in Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ouyang Lvgeng". Together with the other three contemporaries (Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Xue Qi), they are called the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty. Because his son Ouyang Tong is also good at calligraphy, he is also called "Big Europe". Ou Yangxun is known as the first regular script in Tang Dynasty for his rigorous brushwork and precipitous brushwork. He and Yu Shinan were both famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ou Yu". Later generations saw danger in peace with their books, and Xi Zhi, the first one, was named "Ou Ti".

His calligraphy achievements are based on regular script, with bold brushwork and unique structure, which is called "European style" by later generations. Originally from Han Li, he was vigorous and rigorous in statutes. He sees risks in plain sight, with elegant composition, interspersed strokes and proper arrangement. Regular script is the Ming Dynasty of Liquan in Jiucheng Palace, and the most famous running scripts are Meng Diantie and Hans Zhang Tie. Other calligraphy styles are very poor. China native Zhang Tang Huaiguan said, "Eight-body writing is as powerful as possible, and the brushwork is dangerous. The seal style is particularly exquisite, flying white crown, superior to the ancients. Like a dragon and snake fighting, the clouds are light and the wind is light, the wind shakes and thunders, and exercise is like a god. The decay of the true line comes from the big order, so don't become one. As dense as an armory spear and halberd, Shen Feng is stricter than wise water and less polished than Shinan. Its cursive script is circulated, which can be regarded as two kings. It can be used as a dynamic color, but it scares him to jump, does not avoid danger, and hurts elegance. "

Zhao Mengfu

Zhao Mengfu (1254— 1322),

Zi Ziang,no. Song Xuedao. Famous painter in Yuan Dynasty, one of the four masters of regular script (Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu). Huzhou (now Xing Wu, Zhejiang) people. Song Taizu's eleventh grandson, Empress Qin also. The fifth ancestor An Xiuxi was a prince, and the fourth ancestor worshipped Jing Xianwang Bo Gui. The emperor had no children, so he gave his son to Huzhou as filial piety, and Bo Gui and his brother were born in Huzhou. Zeng Zushi Chui, Zu Xiyong and Songshi are all senior officials; When in Rome, do as the Romans do and be honored by Meng Qigui. He gave a gift to Ji Xian, his bachelor's teacher, hoping that he would serve in the etiquette palace forever, and sealed the Duke and Duke Wei together with Ji Xian.

Zhao Mengfu is well-read, good at poetry and prose, familiar with economy, industrial calligraphy, fine painting, good at epigraphy, fluent in temperament and appreciation. In particular, calligraphy and painting achieved the highest achievements in the Yuan Dynasty, creating a new style of painting, which was called "the crown of Yuan people". In painting, landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, bamboo stones and pommel horses are omnipotent; Fine brushwork, freehand brushwork, turquoise, ink and wash, everything is fine. He occupies an important position in the history of calligraphy in China. From the age of five, Zhao Mengfu began to learn calligraphy, and he kept reading and writing until his death. It can be said that his love for calligraphy has reached a soft spot. He is good at seal script, official script, authentic works, calligraphy and cursive script, especially at regular script and calligraphy. The Book History of Yuan Dynasty says that "Meng Zhi's seal calligraphy is the highest in ancient and modern times, so the title of the book is the world". Yuan Xian, Yu Shu, said, "Zi Angyin, Li, Zhen, Xing and Dian Cao are the first of the time, and small letters are the first of Zi Ang's books." His elegant style, neat structure and skillful brushwork are praised as "Zhao Ti" by the world. With Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, they are also called "four masters" of regular script.