What are the characteristics of Ou Yangxun's "European style" regular script?

During the Tang Dynasty, when Ou Yangxun was traveling, he saw an inscription on Cao Zhang written by Suo Jing, a calligrapher in the Western Jin Dynasty. He read it several times and thought it was average. But on second thought, since Suo Jing is a generation of calligraphers, his books will also have their own characteristics.

So, Ou Yangxun stood in front of the tablet and read it several times, and finally found the profoundness of Suo Jing's calligraphy on this Cao Zhang tablet. Ou Yangxun found the beauty of Suo Jing's calligraphy and was reluctant to leave, so he sat down beside the stone tablet and groped for the strokes. Who knows that Ou Yangxun sat for three days and three nights. Ou Yangxun finally understood the spirit of Suo Jing's calligraphy pen, and combined with his own calligraphy characteristics, he made a fusion transformation, thus making his calligraphy more perfect. It is precisely because of this obsession with calligraphy that Ou Yangxun finally made himself the first of the four masters of regular script.

Ou Yangxun was a famous calligrapher in the early Tang Dynasty, ranking first among the four calligraphers, and was also called "Ou Yu" with Yu Shinan. The Book of the Tang Dynasty said that he "imitated Wang Xizhi's book at first, and later passed it on because of his own name." According to these letters, people think this is the law. "Ou Yangxun is good at structure, and his" Thirty-six Plans "and other papers have been passed down from generation to generation.

Ou Yangxun, born in 557, was born in Linxiang, Tanzhou, and later in Changsha, Hunan. In the Sui Dynasty, he was a doctor of Taichang. After entering the Tang Dynasty, his rank was higher, and he got a bachelor's degree in Hong Wen Pavilion. Feng Nan is from Bohai County.

"Circle and Square" is the most striking style of Euclid's calligraphy. Generally speaking, the combination of calligraphy and lines should be fair. If it exceeds the common standard of fairness, it is considered to be biased. However, if we consciously straighten some lines and make some lines interesting, then we can get the artistic effect of seeking stability in danger as a whole. This is the reason why "European style" calligraphy is beautiful.

Ou Yangxun is not only a great calligrapher, but also a calligraphy theorist. In his long-term calligraphy practice, he summed up eight points for attention in practicing calligraphy, which are referred to as eight methods for short, that is, such as peaks and falling rocks, such as crescent moon in the sky, such as thousands of miles of clouds, such as withered vines, such as falling pine, such as falling off a cliff, such as crossbows, such as breaking rhinoceros horns with a sword, such as waving a pen.

Ou Yangxun's font structure is very precise and strict, and he is called "dangerous and steep". Later generations began to learn books by copying his words. His masterpiece is The Inscription of Liquan in Jiucheng Palace, which was engraved in 632. There are also Huadu Temple Monument and Huangfushengchen Monument. The ink handed down from ancient times includes Meng Diantie, Tie and Hans Zhang Tie.