Calligraphy achievement
His books are very close to his personality. Yan Zhenqing's personality was highly respected by Song people, and he was eager to learn beauty and style. Su Shi and Huang Tingjian believe that Yan Zhenqing inherited Wang Xizhi's spirit of reform and was a reformer of calligraphy in the Tang Dynasty.
Block letters are dignified and dignified, and the momentum is open; Running script is vigorous and powerful, and it is called "Yan Ti". It is also called "Yan Liu" with Liu Gongquan, and has the reputation of "Yan Liu Jin Gu". Su Shi once said: "As for poetry, as for literature, as for Han's retreat, as for painting Wu Daozi, as for books, as for Yan, the changes of ancient and modern times can do everything in the world." His works include confessions in books and manuscripts offering sacrifices to nephews. Later generations compiled the Collection of Yan Wen.
There are many works handed down by Yan Zhenqing, and it is said that there are 138 kinds of ink.
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Personal work
Most of Yan Zhenqing's works handed down from ancient times are carved steles, and the regular script includes Multi-Tower Induction Monument, Magu Fairy Altar, Dong Fangshuo Portrait Monument, Yan Monument, Yanshi Family Temple Monument and so on. , as well as running script such as "the seat", and book traces such as "my own confession" and "the manuscript in memory of my nephew Ji Ming". Among them, the tablet is dignified and vigorous, but the brushwork is thin, which is different from other tablets.
Yan's Temple Monument is rich in calligraphy, which is one of his masterpieces in his later years. Compared with his early works, it is more vigorous and atmospheric, which is his masterpiece in his later years. In addition, there are also some epitaphs in Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works, such as Guo's epitaph, Wang Lin's epitaph and Luo Wanshun's epitaph, most of which belong to Yan Zhenqing's early works. ?
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Yan Zhenqing