What does Yan and Liu in Yan Jin Liu Gu mean?

Yan Heliu in Yan Jinliu refers to Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan, and Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy pen is thick and clumsy, which makes him look strong and free and easy. Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is famous for its strength. In fact, this statement is easy to be misunderstood, thinking that Yan's body must be thick and thick, and Liu Ti must have strong bone strength and be connected with the chin.

Chu Suiliang, a beginner of calligraphy in Yan Zhenqing, was instructed by Zhang Xu and given brushwork, while Chu came from Yu Shinan and Yu from Zhiyong. From the inheritance of the context, we can see that Yan characters have both the strength of Yu characters and the roundness of Zhiyong regular script. Liu Gongquan's regular script is mainly due to Europe and Yan. And change the face method to curb the indulgence of Chu method, carry forward the style of Chu character, which is soft outside and rigid inside, elegant and handsome, and then take the trend of northern monument and European style