The calligrapher who uses a brush as a pen and mud as ink to practice calligraphy is

Yan Zhenqing.

The famous calligrapher Mr. Yan Zhenqing created the style of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty and beyond. Yan Zhenqing has exquisite calligraphy and is good at running and regular script. He first studied under Chu Suiliang, and later under Zhang Xu, acquiring his brushwork. His regular script is dignified and majestic, and his running script is powerful. He created the "Yan style" regular script and had a great influence on later generations. Together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ouyang Xun, they are known as the "Four Masters of Regular Script". It is also called "Yan Liu" together with Liu Gongquan, and is also known as "Yan Jin Liu Gu".