Liu Gongquan was from the Mu Zong, Jing Zong and Wenzong periods of the Tang Dynasty.
Liu Gongquan (778-865), courtesy name Chengxuan, Han nationality, was from Huayuan, Jingzhao (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province). He was a famous calligrapher and poet in the Tang Dynasty and the younger brother of Liu Gongchuo, Minister of War.
When Liu Gongquan was 29 years old, he became a Jinshi. In his early years, he served as secretary of the Provincial School Secretary and was incorporated into the Li Ting shogunate. He served as an official official in the Muzong, Jingzong and Wenzong dynasties and stayed in the court. He served as an official for seven dynasties, rising to the rank of Prince Shaoshi, and was granted the title of Duke of Hedong County. In the sixth year of Xiantong (865), Liu Gongquan passed away at the age of eighty-eight and was given to the prince and grand master.
Liu Gongquan's calligraphy is famous for his regular script. He is as famous as Yan Zhenqing and is known as "Yan Liu". He is also known as the "Four Masters of Regular Script" together with Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing and Zhao Mengfu. He first learned calligraphy from Wang Xizhi. Later, he studied the calligraphy of famous calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty. He absorbed the strengths of Yan Zhenqing and Ouyang Xun, incorporated new ideas, and created his own unique "Liu style", which is famous for its strong bones. Later generations have "Yan Jin Liu Gu" reputation. The handed down steles include "Diamond Sutra Engraved Stone", "Mysterious Pagoda Stele", "Feng Su Stele", etc.; the cursive scripts include "Fu Shen", "Sixteen Days", "Hu Xiang Tie", etc., and there are also ink ink "Mongolia" "Edict", "Wang Xianzhi's postscript to send pears". Liu Gongquan is also a poet. Five of his poems are preserved in "The Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" and one poem is preserved in "The Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty".