Ou Yangxun in Tang Dynasty: Regular script is rigorous and precipitous, known as "the first regular script in Tang Dynasty", and its masterpiece is "The Inscription of Liquan in Jiuchenggong".
Ou Yangxun was born in Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan) and a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He was once a prince with a high rate, so people called him "Ouyang with a high rate". Ou Yangxun's calligraphy enjoyed a high reputation in the Sui Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, Ou Yangxun was still teaching calligraphy in Hong Wen Pavilion. Ou Yangxun studied Wang Xizhi's calligraphy style in his early years. It is said that he once bought the Map of Gui Zhi for Wang Xizhi's godson with a large sum of money, copied it day and night, and studied hard. On another occasion, when he went out with Yu Shinan and saw a stone tablet written by Suo Jing, a calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, he sat on the floor. He carefully observed and described the tablet for three days, which shows that Ou Yangxun has a strong interest in calligraphy. Later, he extensively studied the inscriptions of the Northern Dynasties, absorbed the strengths of some local calligraphers, and then integrated them into the official script, forming the "European style" (also known as "Gengti") of "vigorous and dangerous, strict statutes".
representative works
The Inscription of Liquan in Jiucheng Palace is one of Ou Yangxun's representative works. This is an inscription written by Wei Zhi, which records the discovery of Yongquan by Emperor Taizong during his summer vacation in Jiucheng Palace. Ou Yangxun sent a letter.
This tablet is dignified and dignified in calligraphy, rigorous in statutes, square in brushwork, rigorous in structural arrangement, connecting the preceding with the following, avoiding the left and right, partial and dangerous, with overall dignity, without any disorder or collapse. Chen Ming Jiru once said: "This post is as deep as a mountain, thin and cold, but full of air, which can make the princes bend their knees beyond their power."
The original tablet has 24 lines, 1 108 characters. Due to years of weathering, the spine was excessively inflated and seriously damaged, and later generations excavated and repaired it, which made the strokes lose their sharpness. The best rubbings handed down from ancient times are the Song rubbings collected by Li Qi in Ming Dynasty, which are now in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Existing project
Yan Zhenqing's existing calligraphy works include: Duota Monument, Yan Family Temple Monument, Yan Monument, Ma Gu Xian Tan, and Memorial Manuscripts for Nephews. He and Liu Gongquan, another calligrapher famous for regular script in Tang Dynasty, are called "Yan Liu".
His works are numerous, and it is said that there are 130 kinds handed down. Many regular script are valued by later generations, such as Twin Towers, Oriental Painting Praise Monument, Magu Fairy Altar, Guo Monument and Li Yanqin Monument. These inscriptions are regular script with personality, characteristics and vital qi, but the strokes are thin and thick, and the feet are too weak, so it is required to be verve when learning. His running script "Ji Ming's Nephew's Manuscript" is a work of grief and indignation, and it is called the second running script in the world. The running script also includes "Competing for Seats" and "General Pei's Post".
Multi-Pagoda Monument, full name "Induction Inscription of Multi-Pagoda in Qianfu Temple in Xijing, Datang": regular script, written by Cenxun, inscribed by Xu Hao. The font is symmetrical and plump. It was established in April, 725 (the 11th year of Tianbao of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty). The monument is preserved in the forest of steles in Xi, Shaanxi.