1, horizontal fine vertical thick:
The horizontal paintings of Yan Zhenqing Diligence Monument are generally very thin, and some are even as thin as hair, which is in sharp contrast with the thick vertical paintings.
2, thin si thickness:
Yan's paintings are heavy, but his sketches are very thin and clever.
3, thin left and thick right:
In Yan's tablet, the same two vertical columns are side by side, generally thin on the left and thick on the right.
4, tight outside and loose inside:
Throughout the whole tablet, it is very dense, and the word spacing and line spacing are very small, but the space inside the single word of the tablet is very open.
5. Structural extension:
The overall glyph of Yanbei is an extended structure, surrounded by shapes, and the font is very imposing.
Brief introduction of works and authors:
Introduction to the work:
Li Yanqin Monument is one of the representative works of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy in the most mature period. Its structure is dignified and open-minded, open-minded, dynamic and static, clever and clumsy, elegant and smart. Yan Bei, whose full name is "Tombstone Yan Jun, Secretary of Tang Dynasty and Governor of Kuizhou Governor's Office", is a tombstone erected by Yan Zhenqing for his great-grandfather Yan, which is the representative work of Yan Zhenqing's regular script in his later years.
This monument was erected in the 14th year of the Tang Dynasty (779), and was unearthed in xi 'an, Shaanxi Province in June of the 11th year of the Republic of China (1922). It is now in the Xi 'an Monument Forest Museum. "Yan Bei" is engraved on four sides, with three existing faces, male 19 lines, female 20 lines, each with 38 words, and five lines on the side of the tablet with 37 words. The inscription traces the achievements of Yan's ancestors and records the achievements of later generations in the Tang Dynasty. His pen is horizontal and thin, vertical and thick, hiding his head and protecting his tail, which is used by Fiona Fang; The structure is dignified and generous, generous and stretching, and cleverness can be seen in mistakes; The breath is vigorous and full of vitality, which represents the aesthetic fashion in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
About the author:
Yan Zhenqing, Zi, Hao, was a famous official and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He and Liu Gongquan are called "Yan Liu", and Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun are also called "four masters of regular script". Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is exquisite and good at it. Chu Suiliang was a beginner and later studied under Zhang Xu. He got his brushwork and created "Yan Ti" regular script, which had a great influence on later generations.