Ou Yangxun's calligraphy is suitable for beginners, so many people choose to copy his calligraphy first when they start to learn calligraphy.
Ouyang Xiuxun was born in an official family, but he was troubled and suffered a lot from childhood. Ou Yangxun's grandfather Ouyang Fa was the general of Liang Na's Song, and his father Ouyang Yang was the secretariat of Chen Nan and Guangzhou and general Zuo Wei. But later Ouyang Yang sent troops and turned against Chen Nan, and was finally defeated and died, and his family was also implicated.
When it happened, Ouyang Xiu was young and ignorant, but narrowly escaped and was adopted by his father and friends. He is clever and diligent. When he was young, he studied hard and was gifted. He often reads several lines at a time. By the time I was a teenager, I had mastered Historical Records, Hanshu and Dongguan Han Ji.
Ou Yangxun later entered the court as an official with his own talents, and the official of the Sui Dynasty was a doctor who was too common. When the time turned to the Tang Dynasty, he moved to the Tang Dynasty because of his friendship with Li Yuan, where Dr. Yin Lu was given a bachelor's degree by the prince, and he was named the Duke of Bohai Sea, also known as "Ouyang Lingduo".
Ou Yangxun's greatest love in his life is calligraphy, and he is almost obsessed with it. Historical records record: "The taste of it is seen in the ancient monument and the book of Jin. I stayed in Ma Guanzhi for a long time and then left. After hundreds of steps, I dismounted and stood, exhausted, while Buqiu sat and watched. He went for three days because he stayed by. "
On one occasion, Ou Yangxun rode out and came across a stone tablet inscribed by Suo Jing, a famous calligrapher in Jin Dynasty. Ou Yangxun unconsciously stopped to observe and looked at it carefully for a long time before leaving. However, after a few steps, I couldn't help getting off the horse and taking another look. I am always reluctant to leave. Finally, Suo Jing, a famous calligrapher in Jin Dynasty, wrote a stone tablet, but he stayed beside it for three days before leaving.
Wang Xizhi is a famous calligrapher in history and is known as the "sage of calligraphy". Ou Yangxun is obsessed with calligraphy, so naturally he won't forget Wang Xizhi's calligraphy. In fact, when Ou Yangxun first studied calligraphy, he copied Wang Xizhi's masterpiece. It is said that he was obsessed with the calligraphy of the two kings at that time, but whenever he saw the ink of Wang Xizhi's father and son, he must buy it back for research.
Ou Yangxun once bought the Map of Gui Zhi taught by Wang Xizhi to Wang Xianzhi, and did not hesitate to pay a lot of money for it. He stays at home to study during the day and is often too happy to sleep all night. It was not until more than a month later that he thoroughly understood the essence of Gui Zhi's diagram that this possessed state ended.
Ou Yangxun absorbed the essence of each family, and finally stood out and became a family of its own. In the Tang Dynasty, the calligraphy evaluation work "Shu Duan" said: "Ask eight styles, and the pen is strong and dangerous. Seal script is particularly refined, flying white crown, superior to the ancients. Disturbed the image of the dragon and snake fighting, the cloud is as light as a cage, just like a god. The book of true behavior is out of order and incomplete. As dense as an armory spear and halberd, Shen Feng is stricter than wise and brave, not as good as Shinan. His cursive script has been circulated repeatedly and can be regarded as two kings. But he was shocked and didn't avoid danger, and he was hurt by Qing. "
Ou Yangxun created "European style", and he himself was called "Great Europe" by later generations. This is because in addition to him, there is a "little Europe", that is, his son Ouyang Tong.
Ou Yangxun died when he was very young in Ouyang Tong, so Ouyang Tong's calligraphy was not personally taught by Ou Yangxun stroke by stroke. While educating her son, Ou Yangxun's wife hoped that Ouyang Tong would inherit the ink left by her father, so she took Ou Yangxun's works to Ouyang Tong to study.
Ouyang Tong got the ink, loved it, regarded it as a treasure, and studied it hard. I hope that one day, I can reach my father's level. After many troubles, he finally inherited his father's calligraphy through hard work. At that time, people called their father and son "Big Ouyang" and the word was "Big Ouyang Style". ?