Calligraphy Liu in Tang Dynasty

Recently, a stone tablet on the list of Liu Gongquan, a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, was accidentally discovered during the construction of a construction site in An. According to experts, this stone tablet is a tombstone (a stone tablet standing in front of the tomb to record the life of the deceased), with clear handwriting, strong calligraphy and exposed edges and corners. The inscription was written by Liu Gongquan when he was about 59 years old. Liu Ti was very tall when it was formed. Artistic value. The three broken parts of the monument are: the head of the monument, the half of the monument body and the lower part of the monument body. It is estimated that the monument is 2.84m long, 0.08m wide and 0.32m thick. Half of the stone tablet is engraved? A gift from Yangzhou Governor Yangzhou? Chinese characters, clear handwriting, strong sense of calligraphy, angular exposure. After the stone tablet was discovered, Xi Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and Archaeology immediately cleaned and moved it, and organized three authoritative experts to consult the stone tablet all night. Ye Zhao, the former curator of Anbeilin Museum, was one of the three experts who participated in the appraisal that night.

Liu Gongquan (778-865) was born in Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province. Officials, calligraphers and poets in the mid-Tang Dynasty. Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is famous for regular script. When I first met Wang Xizhi, I went to see the famous calligraphy of the Tang Dynasty. He absorbed the advantages of Yan Zhenqing and Ou Yangxun. Handheld stone tablets are engraved with Diamond Sutra, Mysterious Pagoda, Su Feng Monument and Shence Army Monument. , as well as the Shen Fu Post, Sixteen Days Post and Insult Post.

According to public information, the most complete existing willow stone tablet was written by Liu Gongquan at the age of 58? Hui Yuan Guanzhonglou Inscription? . 1986, 1 1 In June, the Bell Tower of Hui Yuan Temple in Datang was unearthed outside Heping Gate in Xi 'an. This is Liu Gongquan's regular script. Shi Heng, length 124 cm, width 60 cm and thickness 18 cm. It's bluestone The name of the tablet is Preface to the Inscription on the Bell Tower of Hui Yuan Temple in Tang Dynasty. Inscription 4 1 line, 20 words in the whole line, ***76 1 word. This was carved by the famous worker Shao Jian at that time. The cutting edge is clear and very close to the original edge. It is reported that there are not many stone carvings of Liu Gongquan, most of which are rubbings, and some only exist here.

Liu Gongquan's calligraphy was very famous in the Tang Dynasty. There is a folk saying:? Willow word is worth a thousand dollars? . His calligraphy is firm, rigorous and meticulous. As far as characters are concerned, Wang Xizhi, a beginner, and Yan Zhenqing, later, are famous for their thinness. They write powerfully. Running script and regular script are the most exquisite. Because of the uniqueness of his works, Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is called? Liupai style? . Tang Muzong tried to ask Liu Gongquan how to use a pen, and Gongquan replied:? With a pen in your heart, your heart is right. ? Mu Zong was moved by it. Mo Chi written by Zhu in Song Dynasty said: Liu Gongquan's calligraphy and running script are the best in the world, and others can't do it.