When Yan Zhenqing was appointed as the secretariat of Fuzhou, there was a man named Yang Zhijian in the county who loved learning, but his family was poor and unknown to the villagers. His wife asked him for a divorce because of lack of money. Yang Zhijian wrote a poem for her, saying, "I have long been determined to be a teacher, but now I have become a sideburns. Camel road governor is late, and waste road is late. Chai Jin combed his new hair at will, and Luan Jing never combed it from him. When you get here, you are a passerby, and you will go down the mountain as soon as you meet. " His wife took the poem to the state to handle the official documents so as to remarry.
Yan Zhenqing said in the official evaluation document: Yang Zhijian studied Confucianism very early and enjoyed a high reputation as a poet. Although he was envious of passing the imperial examination, he didn't enjoy any salary himself. His stupid wife doesn't want to live with him anymore, nor does she want to help her husband achieve his career like a poor wife. Women who just want to learn from Zhu Maichen hate and abandon their husbands.
Bring shame to hometown and ruin moral education. If you don't give punishment and warning, how can you stop this frivolous behavior? A woman should be beaten twenty times to make her remarry. Yang Zhijian learned, funded his grain cloth and let him temporarily hold a post in the army. People from all directions have heard about it, and no one is unconvinced. Since then, no woman in Jiangbiao has dared to abandon her husband.
Yan Zhenqing's main works
Most of Yan Zhenqing's works handed down from ancient times are carved steles, and the regular script includes Multi-Tower Induction Monument, Magu Fairy Altar, Dong Fangshuo Portrait Monument, Yan Monument, Yanshi Family Temple Monument and so on. , as well as running script such as "the seat", and book traces such as "my own confession" and "the manuscript in memory of my nephew Ji Ming". Among them, the tablet is dignified and vigorous, but the brushwork is thin, which is different from other tablets.
Yan's Temple Monument is rich in calligraphy, which is one of his masterpieces in his later years. Compared with his early works, it is more vigorous and atmospheric, which is his masterpiece in his later years. In addition, there are also some epitaphs in Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works, such as Guo's epitaph, Wang Lin's epitaph and Luo Wanshun's epitaph, most of which belong to Yan Zhenqing's early works.
Yan Zhenqing wrote, collected, Wu, Lu and Linchuan Collection, all of which were lost. Later generations compiled his poems into Collected Works of Yan (volume 15).