Yan Zhenqing is Yan Gaoqing's younger brother (younger brother is the same grandfather but different father), Yan Zhenqing and Yan Gaoqing's grandfather is Yan Zhaofu, who has two sons: Yan Sunyuan and Yan Weizhen. Yan is Yan Gaoqing's father, and Yan Wei is really Yan Zhenqing's father.
The relationship between Yan Gaoqing and Yan Zhenqing;
Yan Zhaofu, formerly known as my late husband, avoided Tang Zhongzong's taboo and changed his name to Zhou Qingzhaofu. Tang Langya is a native of Linyi. Yan's eldest son, Yan Shigu's nephew, Yan Zhenqing and Yan Gaoqing's grandfather.
Young and open-minded, especially clear about exegesis. Gong Shu, who is good at seal cutting, official script and cursive script, is known as a scholar because of his profound attainments in inscriptions on bronze inscriptions and ancient ding. He is highly valued by his uncle Yan Shigu, and every time he writes, he has to get his approval.
At that time, a foreign country presented a Ming-printed ancient tripod with more than 20 words, but the courtiers failed to recognize it, and only Yan Zhaofu could read it all. Runa is the satrap, Wang Cao is the proofreader. His calligraphy is as famous as his brother-in-law, Yin Zhongrong. = In the third year of Tang Zhide (AD 758), Yan Zhaofu was posthumously awarded as the secretariat of Huazhou.
Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is exquisite and good at it. Chu Suiliang, a beginner, studied under Zhang Xu and got his brushwork. Its regular script is dignified and majestic, and its running script is vigorous and powerful, which has created a "Yan style" regular script and has a great influence on later generations. Together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun, they are also called "four masters of regular script". Together with Liu Gongquan, they are called "Yan Liu" and "Yangu". He is also good at poetry, such as You, Ji, Wu, Ji, Lu Ji and Linchuan Ji, all of which have been lost. The Song people compiled Yan Ji.