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Historical figures: Ou Yangxun introduced the life of Ou Yangxun, one of the four famous regular script writers in history.
One of the four famous regular script writers in history, the representative regular script includes Jiuchenggong Li Quanming, Huangfu Birthday Monument and Huadu Temple Monument, and the running script includes Zhong Nimeng's point paste and thousands of characters. He has his own unique views on calligraphy, including eight calligraphy methods, teaching strategies, pen theory and thirty-six calligraphy methods.
Ou Yangxun [1](557-64 1), Han nationality, was born in Linxiang (now Changsha) of Tanzhou in the Tang Dynasty, and was one of the four masters of regular script (Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Mengfu). Born in Hengzhou (now Hengyang) in 557 AD, his ancestral home is Linxiang (now Changsha, Hunan) in Tanzhou. Ou Yangxun's grandfather Ouyang Fa (498 ~ 563) was the general of Song of the Southern Liang Dynasty, and his father Ouyang Yao was the general of Chen Nan and Guangzhou. He was killed because he failed to send troops to attack Chen and implicated his family. Ou Yangxun survived at an early age and was adopted by his father's best friend. Ou Yangxun is smart and diligent, dabbling in classics and history, and having extensive knowledge and memorizing. In the Sui Dynasty, Ou Yangxun was an official of Doctor Tai Chang. Because of his friendship with Li Yuan, he moved to Yin Lu, a doctor in Tang Dynasty, a prince, a bachelor in pavilion, and a duke of Bohai, also known as Ouyang Lvgeng. Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji were three contemporaries, and they were called the four masters in the early Tang Dynasty. Because his son Ouyang Tong is also good at calligraphy, he is also called "Big Europe". Ou Yangxun is known as the first regular script in Tang Dynasty for his rigorous brushwork and precipitous brushwork. He and Yu Shinan were both famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ou Yu". Later generations saw the danger in the book, and they were the first to understand it. His name is "Oti", and his words are commented by many people.
Ou Yangxun is clever and diligent. He has read several lines at the same time. When he was a teenager, he was proficient in Historical Records, Hanshu, Dongguan Han Ji, especially calligraphy, almost to the point of obsession. It is said that Ou Yangxun once rode out and happened to see a stone tablet written by Suo Jing, a famous calligrapher in Jin Dynasty. He rode on a horse and watched it carefully for a while before leaving, but just a few steps later, he couldn't help but return to dismount and watch. He boasted many times that he didn't want to leave, so he simply laid a blanket and sat down to ponder over it. Finally, he sat by the monument for three days before leaving.
Ou Yangxun first imitated Wang Xizhi in calligraphy, and then found his own method. In particular, his bold and vigorous block letters and rigorous statutes were regarded as the standard by later calligraphers and handed down as "European style". Shu Duan, a calligraphy critic in the Tang Dynasty, said: "When you ask eight styles, the pen is strong and dangerous. Seal script is particularly refined, flying white crown, superior to the ancients. Disturbed the image of the dragon and snake fighting, the cloud is as light as a cage, just like a god. The book of true behavior is out of order and incomplete. As dense as an armory spear and halberd, Shen Feng is stricter than wise and brave, not as good as Shinan. His cursive script has been circulated repeatedly and can be regarded as two kings. But he was shocked and didn't avoid danger, and he was hurt by Qing. " The Song Dynasty's Xuan He Shu Pu was praised as "the crown of calligraphy" by printing. According to historical records, Ou Yangxun is ugly, but his calligraphy is world-famous. People are scrambling to get his handwriting. Once they get it, they will regard it as Gui Bao's model of their own calligraphy. During the period of Tang Wude (6 18-624), Koryo (located in present-day Korea on the Korean Peninsula) specially sent envoys to Chang 'an to ask for Ou Yangxun's calligraphy. Tang Gaozu Tang Gaozu sighed: "I didn't expect Ou Yangxun's reputation to be so great that even Yidi in the distance knew it. When they see Ou Yangxun's handwriting, they must think he is a big man. "
Ou Yangxun died in the Zhenguan period at the age of 80. The ink handed down behind him includes posts and Hans' posts, and the inscriptions include Jiuchenggong Li Quanming and Huangfu's birthday tablet, all of which are treasures of calligraphy art. Later generations called him "the four great calligraphers of the early Tang Dynasty" together with Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi. Ou Yangxun is not only a great calligrapher, but also a calligraphy theorist. In his long-term calligraphy practice, he summed up eight methods of practicing calligraphy, namely, "like a peak falling from a rock, like a crescent moon in the sky, like a thousand miles of clouds, like a dead vine, like a pine tree, like a cliff, like a crossbow, like a sword breaking a rhinoceros horn, like a pen". Ou Yangxun's Tactics of Teaching Calligraphy, Theory of Using Calligraphy, Eight Methods and Thirty-six Methods are all summaries of his own experience in learning calligraphy, which specifically summarize the formal skills and aesthetic requirements of calligraphy, such as using calligraphy, structure and composition, and are valuable heritages of calligraphy theory.