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The Tang Dynasty is another peak in the history of calligraphy development, and its main achievements are as follows:
Ou Yangxun, a calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty, has the most skill and originality in regular script, that is, "European style", which is characterized by steep middle;
Yu Shinan: A calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty, who used cursive script in his early years. His inscriptions handed down from ancient times include Confucius Temple Monument and Theory of Breaking Evil.
Zhang Xu: a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, proficient in the method of opening letters, most famous for his cursive script, inscribed with the Book of Langguan Stone;
Yan Zhenqing: A calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, he used seal script to write regular script, which was dignified, profound and magnificent, and changed the ancient method to make cursive script vigorous. Known as the "Emperor Yan", the inscriptions handed down from ancient times include "The Fairy Altar of Magu" and "Many Pagodas Monument".
Huai Su: A calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, famous for "Weeds". His existing calligraphy books include Preface and Bitter Bamboo Shoots.
Liu Gongquan: A calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, with regular script, dignified and slender font, became a family of his own, known as "Liu Ti" in the world. Stone tablets handed down from generation to generation include mysterious pagodas, Diamond Sutra, and Shence Army Monument.
Representative of regular script in Tang Dynasty
Ou Yangxun 1
Ou Yangxun, a scholar of Han nationality, was born in Linxiang, Tanzhou, Tang Dynasty. He was a famous calligrapher and official in Tang Dynasty, one of the four masters of regular script, the grandson of Ouyang Li, the general of South Liang Zhengnan, and the son of Ouyang Zhou, the general of South Chen. Liang Taiping was born in Hengzhou in the second year of Southern Dynasties, and his ancestral home is Linxiang in Tanzhou.
Ou Yangxun, together with his contemporaries Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi, were called the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty. Because his son Ouyang Tong is also good at calligraphy, he is also called "Big Europe".
He and Yu Shinan were both famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ou Yu". Later generations see danger in Chinese books, which is the most convenient for beginners and named "European style".
2. Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing, whose real name is Chen Qing, alias Xianmenzi, alias Fang Ying, was born in Linyi. Yan Shigu V, the secretary supervisor, is a grandson, and Situ Qing is his younger brother, a famous official and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is exquisite and good at it. Chu Suiliang, a beginner, studied under Zhang Xu and got his brushwork. Its regular script is dignified and majestic, and its running script is vigorous and powerful, which has created a "Yan style" regular script and has a great influence on later generations. Together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, they are also called "four masters of regular script". Together with Liu Gongquan, they are called "Yan Liu" and "Yangu".
"Yan Ti" has a great influence on later generations, and it is still an example for him to learn, and his works have also become a model for later generations to learn to copy. His main works include engraving Diamond Sutra, Meng Zhaotie, Mysterious Pagoda Monument and Su Feng Monument.
3. Liu Gongquan
Liu Gongquan, a native of Jingzhao Garden (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province), is of Han nationality. A famous calligrapher and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, the younger brother of Liu Gongchu, the minister of war.
Liu Gongquan became a scholar at the age of twenty-nine. In his early years, he served as secretary of provincial studies and was incorporated into the Li Ting shogunate. In Mu Zong, Jing Zong and Wenzong Dynasty, he served in the official residence and grew up in North Korea. * * * During the Seven Dynasties, the official was the Prince, and he was named the Duke of Hedong County, and the official was the Prince Taibao, so it was called "Liu". In the sixth year of Xian Tong (865), Liu Gongquan died at the age of 88 and was posthumously given to the Prince.