Liu Gongquan (778-865) was born in Jingzhao Garden (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province), Han nationality. A famous calligrapher and poet in the Tang Dynasty, the younger brother of Liu Gongzhuo, 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 given to the Prince.
Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is famous for regular script, which is as famous as Yan Zhenqing, and is called "Yan Liu", and is also known as "four masters of regular script" with Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Zhao Mengfu. Wang Xizhi, a beginner in calligraphy, later visited famous calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, learned from Yan Zhenqing's strengths and absorbed new ideas, and created his own unique "Liu Style", which was famous for its strength and health, and later generations had the reputation of "Yan Gu". Inscriptions handed down from ancient times include diamond sutra, mysterious pagoda monument, Su Feng monument, etc. Cursive scripts include Shen Fu, The Sixteenth Day, Insulting Fragrant Posts, etc. , and Meng Zhaotie, Wang Xianzhi send pear postscript and other ink. Liu Gongquan also writes poems. Complete Tang Poetry contains five poems, and Complete Tang Poetry contains one poem.