What does Yan Gu mean and what does it mean?
Yan Gu refers to the calligraphy styles of Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan respectively, "Yan" refers to Yan Zhenqing and "Liu" refers to Liu Gongquan. "Yan Gu" means that their calligraphy style is as strong as bones and muscles. Because of their excellent calligraphy, future generations can also describe a person's excellent calligraphy. Yan Gu comes from Fan Zhongyan's "Bachelor of Sacrificing Stones" and his pen, Yan Gu.
The difference between Yan Jin and Liu Gu:
The two biggest differences between Yan Ti and Liu Ti's brushwork, the respective characteristics of Yan Liu fonts, are because we will talk about Liu Ti and Liu Ti's square head and flat head brushwork when training Liu Ti's calligraphy, which have been discussed in detail in the early stage and will not be discussed here.
Secondly, the characteristics of the pen, Liu's collection characteristics are heavy; In other words, Liu's strokes are more like bones, thick at both ends and light and thin in the middle. This is the second major difference from Yan Ti: Yan Liu Jin Gu refers to: Yan Zhenqing's characters are lighter and thinner at the beginning and thicker in the middle; Liu Gongquan's strokes are as heavy as bones and as light as bones.
History of calligraphy development;
1, pre-Qin calligraphy:
Pre-Qin calligraphy is recognized by academic circles as the earliest ancient writing in China, and it is Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscription in the middle and late Shang Dynasty.
2. Calligraphy in the Qin Dynasty:
After the unification of Qin Dynasty, this script was called Qin Zhuan, also known as Xiao Zhuan, which was simplified on the basis of Jin Wen and Shi Guwen.
3. Calligraphy in Han Dynasty:
The Han Dynasty was divided into the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty. In the 300-odd years of Han Dynasty, calligraphy experienced the evolution from brush seal to official seal, from official seal to Cao Zhang, Shu Zhen and running script. By the end of Han Dynasty, China's writing of Chinese characters was basically completed. Lishu is a widely used script in Han Dynasty.
4, Wei and Jin calligraphy:
Wei and Jin Dynasties is an important historical stage to complete the evolution of calligraphy. It is a well-prepared generation of many forces. So far, Han Li has finalized the basic form of square Chinese characters. The emergence, development and maturity of official script gave birth to the original script (regular script), while cursive script sprouted almost at the same time as official script. Real calligraphy, running script and cursive script were shaped in Wei and Jin Dynasties.
5. Calligraphy in the Southern and Northern Dynasties:
Calligraphy in the Southern and Northern Dynasties entered the era of "Beibei Nantie". At this time, Wei Bei was the best calligrapher. Weibei is the general name of inscription calligraphy in the Northern Wei and Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it is the transitional period from official script in Han Dynasty to regular script in Tang Dynasty.
6. Calligraphy in Tang Dynasty:
The calligraphy of the whole Tang Dynasty is the inheritance and innovation of the previous generation. Regular script, running script and cursive script all entered a new situation in the Tang Dynasty, with outstanding characteristics of the times, and their influence on later generations far exceeded that of any previous era.
7, five generations of calligraphy:
The situation of division and chaos lasted for 54 years, during which many wars took place. Although the art of calligraphy continued after the end of the Tang Dynasty, due to the influence of war and fire, it formed a general trend of decline.