Liu Gongquan (778-865) was born in Jingzhao Garden (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province). An official, calligrapher and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, the son of Liu Ziwen, the secretariat of Danzhou, and the younger brother of Liu Gongchu, the minister of war.
Liu Gongquan, a native of Liushi, Hedong, was the champion of Yuanhe in Tang Xianzong in 808. As a scholar for the first time, he entered the Li Painting and Calligraphy Institute. Liu Gongquan worked in the official residences of Mu Zong, Jing Zong and Wenzong, and grew up in North Korea. He has served as a great official in the seven dynasties, a tired official, a prince, a duke of Hedong, and was called "Liu" in the world. In his later years, he became an official with Prince Taibao. In the sixth year of Xian Tong (865), Liu Gongquan died at the age of 88 and was given to the Prince.
Liu Gongquan is good at Ci Fu and calligraphy. As a beginner, Wang Xizhi visited famous calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, learned from Yan Zhenqing, absorbed new ideas, and created his own "Liu Ti", which was as famous as Yan Zhenqing in strength and strength, and was called "Yan Liu", and was later known as "Yan Gu".
Main influence
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".
His handwriting is even, thin and hard, and he pursues Wei Bei firmly. His stippling is crisp and beautiful, with thick bones and tight body. "Books are expensive, thin and hard, and the spirit is clear." Compared with his face, his regular script is slightly flat and thin, so it is called "Yan Gu".
Today, the first choice for people to learn calligraphy is still Yan, Liu, Ou, Chu, Yu and other calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, especially a set of regular script norms founded by Liu Gongquan, which is still an example for people to learn. Liu Gongquan made outstanding contributions to the reform and development of calligraphy art, summed up the development of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty, and laid the foundation for the overall development of regular script.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Liu Gongquan.