The originator of European style was born in the first year of Chen Yongding in the Southern Dynasties (557) and died in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan in Emperor Taizong (64 1). He was born in Linxiang (now Hunan) in Tanzhou. Known for regular script and running script. As the largest official calligrapher in the history of calligraphy, his handwriting is called "European style", which is as famous as Yan (Zhenqing), Liu (Gongquan) and Zhao (). 、
European style is a regular script font created by Ou Yangxun, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. It is characterized by the combination of harmony, strong stippling and cohesive brushwork. It is steep and rigorous. Keep the side stable, compact and sparse.
Ou Yangxun's brushwork theory includes three methods: teaching strategy, eight strategies, 36 methods of writing and 92 methods of frame structure.
Representative works include the inscription of the ritual spring in Jiucheng Palace.