What are the characteristics of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy?

Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy style is characterized by Yan Zhenqing's erudition and mastery of ci and prose. He studied under Zhang Xu in his early years, and studied hard with Cai Yong, Wang Xizhi, father and son, Chu Suiliang and other predecessors. The representative works of this period include "Many Pagodas Monument" and "Dong Fangshuo Painting Praise". In the middle period, Yan Zhenqing gradually formed a vigorous calligraphy style. The representative works of this period include "Sacrifice to My Nephew", "Contention for Seats" and "Guo Jia Miao Bei". In the later period, Yan's calligraphy became more perfect, and his brushwork was simple, vigorous, natural and vigorous, which established his irreplaceable position in the history of calligraphy in China. The representative works of this period include Song Guangping Monument, Magu Mountain Xiantan, and Datang Fu.

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Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy style is dignified and bold, and it has developed into a magnificent style, which is characterized by "strength". Therefore, for more than a thousand years, together with Liu Ti, it has been praised as "strength and strength" by the world and has become a classic in the book world.

Characteristics of Yan Zhenqing Calligraphy Pen Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy became a model of the pen used in this center, because it was written in seal script. His brushwork is vigorous and powerful, which contains a lot of strokes, especially the round strokes at the beginning, far exceeding Fang Bi's. Horizontal painting is light, vertical painting is heavy (the contrast between horizontal thin and vertical thick is very strong), but when two vertical lines appear at the same time, the left vertical line is often as thin as horizontal painting, and the two vertical lines are often arranged in opposite directions (that is, arched outward); The pen-lifting method is often used to turn the pen, the circle turns straight without folding the pen, and the pen is mostly in the outer circle, and so on. It is worth noting that when practicing Yan body, we can't just emphasize its thick side, but ignore the main characteristics of Yan body crayons, that is, thick, strong and vigorous.