Yan Zhenqing’s regular script is dignified and majestic, and his running script is powerful.
Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy style is called "Yan style", and together with Liu Gongquan, it is called "Yan Liu", and has the reputation of "Yan Jin Liu Gu".
Yan Zhenqing's real calligraphy is majestic and dignified, and the knotted characters have changed from the long and thin ones in the early Tang Dynasty to square ones, with circles within the squares, and they have centripetal force. The brush is thick and strong, and he makes good use of the center stroke. It is muscular and sharp. Generally, the horizontal strokes are slightly thin, and the vertical strokes, dots, strokes and strokes are slightly thicker. This calligraphy style is majestic, powerful, and has the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. His cursive writing is powerful, revealing true feelings, calm in structure, and full of stippling, which opened up a new world for cursive writing after the Wang School. Yan Zhenqing's running script is vigorous and vigorous. This style also reflects the prosperous demeanor of the Tang Empire and is consistent with his noble personality. It is an example of the perfect combination of the beauty of calligraphy and the beauty of personality. Therefore, he was hailed as "the second running script in the world" by later generations. .