Which dynasty did Yan Zhenqing belong to?
Yan Zhenqing is a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, and his masterpieces include Yan Bei, Duo Baota Bei and Poems to Encourage Learning.
Yan Zhenqing (August 23, 709-784), whose real name was Chen Qing, was born in Jingzhao Wanzhao (now Xi, Shaanxi) and his ancestral home was Langxie Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong). Yan Shigu V was a famous politician and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
In the 22nd year of Kaiyuan (734), he was admitted to imperial academy. He was appointed as the censor for four times and moved the temple to serve the censor. Rejected by Yang, the powerful minister at that time, he was demoted to the plain satrap and was called "Yan Plain". When Tang Suzong arrived in Fengxiang, he was awarded the title of Minister of Constitution, and later he moved to imperial academy. When Tang Daizong was an official, he went to the official department of Shangshu Province, and a prince and a surname named him Duke Lu, which was called Duke Yan Lu in history. In the first year of Xingyuan (784), he was framed by Qilu, the prime minister, and sent to Li Xilie, the leader of the rebel army, to complain. He refused the thief in awe and was finally killed.
Yan Zhenqing founded "Yan Ti" regular script, and was called "four masters of regular script" with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ou Yangxun. Together with Liu Gongquan, they are called "Yan Liu" and "Yangu".
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Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was a beginner of Chu Suiliang, then he learned to write in Zhang Xu and discussed calligraphy with Huai Su. He deeply studied the calligraphy of Erwang and Chu Suiliang, absorbed their strengths, completely got rid of the style of the early Tang Dynasty and created a new era of calligraphy style. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy style is called "Yan Ti", and it is also called "Yan Liu" with Liu Gongquan, and has the reputation of "Yan Liu Jin Gu".
Yan Zhenqing's original calligraphy is magnificent and dignified, and its handwriting has changed from slender in the early Tang Dynasty to square and has a centripetal force. The pen is vigorous and powerful, and the central brushwork is good. Full of bones and muscles, but also sharp. Generally, horizontal painting is slightly thinner, vertical painting, point, skimming and pressing are slightly thicker. This book is magnificent in style and momentum, and has the spirit of flourishing Tang Dynasty. His cursive script is vigorous, expressive, calm and vigorous, which opens up a complete life for the cursive script after Wang School. Yan Zhenqing's running script is vigorous and vigorous. This style also reflects the prosperous style of the Tang Dynasty empire and conforms to his noble personality. It is a typical example of the perfect combination of calligraphy beauty and personality beauty, so it is praised as "the second running script in the world" by later generations.
It is more dignified and vigorous, and Yan's tablet is also his work, but the fine strokes are different from other tablets. Yan's Temple Monument is rich in calligraphy, which is also his masterpiece in his later years. Compared with his early works, it is more vigorous and atmospheric, which is his masterpiece in his later years.
In the history of calligraphy, Yan Zhenqing created a unique realm of calligraphy with "Yan Ti". His calligraphy is characterized by excellent spirituality and natural magnificent realm; It is cast by its powerful soul, and its realm is naturally vigorous; It enriches the people, and the realm is naturally broad. In his youth, Yan Zhenqing asked Zhang Xu "how to be equal to the ancients". This is the aspiration of Yan's calligraphy, and it is also Yan's flying mandarin fish. This strict Miao descendant who used a loess broom to sweep walls and learn calligraphy since childhood stood at a towering starting point of calligraphy almost from the beginning. In calligraphy, Kun Peng spread his wings, and it took almost thirty or forty years of experience to become his own face and climate. Then after decades of hard work and enrichment, the "face and body" has both form and spirit. In his later years, he still pursued perfection and perfection. "Yan Ti" finally stands tall in the book world. As stated in "A Brief History of China": "Ou, Yu, Chu and Xue in the early Tang Dynasty were only the inheritors of the calligraphy style of the two kings, and Yan Zhenqing in the prosperous Tang Dynasty was the creator of the calligraphy style of the Tang Dynasty. "Yan Zhenqing's regular script, especially the regular script after the Indian year, has formed a paradigm, and there are many learners in later generations, and there is even a saying that' learning books is beautiful'.