Liu Gongquan's words

Liu Gongquan's words are as follows:

Liu Ti refers to Liu Gongquan (778-865), the last great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty and one of the four masters of regular script. Liu's body is balanced, thin and hard, chasing Weibei steadily, with smooth and beautiful stippling, thick bones and tight body. "Books are expensive, thin and hard, and the spirit is clear." Compared with his face, his regular script is slightly flat and thin, so it is called "Yan Gu".

Calligraphy features: vigorous and powerful, rigorous and meticulous. As far as the characteristics of Chinese characters are concerned, they are famous for their thinness and strength. The regular script written is beautiful and strong, and the running script and regular script are the most exquisite. But also because of the uniqueness of his works.

Clear pronunciation and mellow voice, thin and hard, firmly follow Weibei. The stippling is crisp and beautiful, strong and rigorous, and it is known as "Yan Gu". The regular script of "the book is expensive, thin and hard, and the spirit is clear" is slightly thinner and harder than the surface.

His calligraphy was very famous at that time in the Tang Dynasty, and there was a saying among the people that "a willow word is worth a thousand dollars". Calligraphy is vigorous and powerful, and every word is rigorous and meticulous.

Liu Kaishu's brushwork is vigorous and powerful, steady but not vulgar, risky but not strange, old but not withered, moist but not fat, harmonious in manners and endless in charm. The strokes are even, hard and thin, with exposed edges and corners and rich changes, so as to avoid single hanging and repetition.

Most horizontal paintings are round, with strong bones, clear head and tail, short and thick, long and slender, handsome and handsome, vertical paintings are frustrated and powerful, stiff and slender, concise and firm, sharp and sharp, heavy and short, and neat with a pen. On the whole, it is restrained and stretched, the uterus is tightened and the limbs are developed. In rigor, we can see the graceful and open style.