Brief introduction of Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing (August 23, 709-784) was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi City, Shaanxi Province) and Linyi (now Linyi City, Shandong Province). Yan Shigu V was a famous official, calligrapher and secretary supervisor in the Tang Dynasty. He was once a famous painter such as Sun and Situ.
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.
Yan Zhenqing Memorial Hall
Yan Zhenqing Memorial Hall is located in Guangzhou Road, Nanjing, with Wulongtan Park in the east, Snake Mountain in the south, Longpanli in the west and Liangqing and Hujuguan in the north. Quiet and elegant, calligraphy is fragrant. It used to be Yanlugong Temple, the only well-preserved temple relic enshrined by Yan Zhenqing, an outstanding politician and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.