The characteristics of Ouyang Xun's calligraphy are that he uses both square and round shapes, with squares as the main focus, strong stipples and concentrated strokes. It is both steep and steep, yet rigorous and neat. It remains steady on the side, compact yet sparse. Ou style is a regular script font created by Ouyang Xun, a great calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. It looks unrestrained and unrestrained, sparse and dense, all around, exquisite on all sides, vivid and just right. The combination of stipples and paintings, and the structural arrangement, are both calm and sharp.
Ouyang Xun's character profile
Ouyang Xun lived from 557 to 641, Han nationality, from Linxiang, Tanzhou, now Changsha. one. Ouyang Xun was born in Hengzhou, now Hengyang, in 557 AD, and his ancestral home is Tanzhou, Linxiang, now Changsha, Hunan. Ouyang Xun's grandfather Ouyang Huan was the general of Nanliang Zhige from 498 to 563, and his father Ouyang He served as the governor of Guangzhou in Nanchen and the general of Zuowei.
He was killed because he failed to raise troops to rebel against Chen, and his family was implicated. Ouyang Xun survived because he was young and was adopted by his father's friend.