Yan Zhenqing: Minister and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. In the kaiyuan period, he was a scholar, and he was tired of supervising the empire. Yang Guozhong was demoted to be the satrap of Wei Plain for disobeying him. He expected that An Lushan would rebel, so he prepared for it early. In the 14th year of Tianbao (755), An Lushan rebelled, and he and his brother Guo Qing * * * rose up and responded in 17 counties nearby. After the chaos, he entered Beijing as an official, and was repeatedly slandered and demoted. Later, he was the minister of punishments, and he was named Duke Lu, and the world was called Duke Yan Lu. During Su Zong and Dai Zong, he was disliked by ministers for justice several times. In Dezong, Li Xilie claimed to be a marshal in the world, and captured Ruzhou. Yan Zhenqing was ordered to persuade him, but he was unyielding and was finally killed by Li Xilie at the age of 76. Yan Zhenqing is good and upright, cursive, and his brushwork is calm and vigorous, which is treasured by the world and is called "Yan Ti". The Palace Museum has the ink of his 66-year-old Zhushan Lianju. He is the author of Collected Works of Yan Lugong.
Yan Bowen: Born in Dezhou (now Shandong Province), he was a painter and poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. When Huizong was a scholar, he worked as an official. He is good at characters and also good at ink and flowers. His paintings include Luohan Map, Clouds Out of the Cave, Wild Water Map, etc.
Yan Zhizhi: Born in Changzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu Province), he was a painter in the Song Dynasty. He is good at painting characters, working on small seal characters, and making "Collection of Ancient Seal Rhymes", and he is a doctor in the middle. Yan Ruxun, his son, invited a doctor to the official court and also worked as a seal.
Yan Guangmin: a native of Qufu, Shandong Province, was a scholar during the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, and was an official examination worker. Young intelligence, nine-year-old cursive script, thirteen xian poems and fu.
In addition, the main celebrities of Yan surname are: Yan Anle, a Confucian scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, Yan Gaoqing, a Wei Wei in the Tang Dynasty, Yan Bowei, a virtuous man in the Ming Dynasty, and Yan Yuan, a thinker in the Qing Dynasty.