Shoujinti was founded by Ou Yangxun, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
He is one of the outstanding representatives of the culture in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and one of the famous masters in the history of ancient calligraphy in China. Ou Yangxun's calligraphy attainments are profound, and he is especially good at using light brushwork, so he created a thin gold body, which is very artistic.
1. About life in Ou Yangxun
Ou Yangxun was a famous calligrapher, writer, politician and educator in the Tang Dynasty. He was born in 557 AD and died in 64 1 year. Ou Yangxun served in the imperial court when he was young, and later became an official in other places. In his life of more than 70 years, he is not only an outstanding politician and educator, but also an extraordinary calligrapher, enjoying the reputation of "the sage of books".
2. The characteristics of fine gold fonts
Thin gold body is a font created by Ou Yangxun, which is characterized by fine lines, light structure and beautiful folding pens, giving people an ethereal, elegant and free-and-easy feeling. Fine gold font strokes are thinner than cursive script, the whole word looks like fine gold thread, and some words also have a certain regular script atmosphere.
3. Formation background of thin gold ore bodies
The background of the formation of the thin gold body is that Ou Yangxun himself was not satisfied with his early cursive script, and it began to form after years of hard research and innovation. Ou Yangxun is proficient in regular script, running script, official script and all kinds of cursive script. He has served as an official in the Ministry of Rites, a minister in the Ministry of War and other important positions, and has maintained a very high level and reputation in calligraphy, so he has invested profound knowledge and insight in thin gold calligraphy.
4. The influence and significance of thin gold body
The appearance of Shoujinti is of great significance to the development of China's calligraphy history. It embodies Ou Yangxun's unique artistic style and exquisite calligraphy skills, and at the same time creates a new style of calligraphy characterized by lightness, beauty and thinness, which has a wide influence and enlightenment on later calligraphers and has become an indispensable part of China's calligraphy history.