Ou Yangxun 1
Ou Yangxun, Han nationality, was born in Linxiang (now Changsha, Hunan) of Tanzhou in Tang Dynasty. He was a famous calligrapher and official in Tang Dynasty, one of the four masters of regular script, the grandson of Ouyang Kun, the general of South Liang Zhengnan, and the son of Ouyang Kun, the general of South Chen. Liang Taiping was born in Hengzhou (now Hengyang, Hunan) in the second year of Southern Dynasties (AD 557), and his ancestral home was Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Hengyang, Hunan).
He and Yu Shinan were both famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, also known as "Ou Yu". Later generations see danger in Chinese books, which is the most convenient for beginners and named "European style".
2. Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing, whose real name is Chen Qing and whose nickname is Xianmenzi, alias is Fang Ying, was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province), and his ancestral home is Langjia Linyi (now Linyi, Shandong Province). Yan Shigu V, the secretary supervisor, is a grandson, and Situ Qing is his younger brother, a famous official and calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty.
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".
3. Liu Gongquan
Liu Gongquan, a native of Jingzhao Garden (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province), is of Han nationality. A famous calligrapher and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, the younger brother of Liu Gongchu, the minister of war.
Liu Gongquan became a scholar at the age of twenty-nine. In his early years, he served as secretary of provincial studies and was incorporated into the Li Ting shogunate. In Mu Zong, Jing Zong and Wenzong Dynasty, he served in the official residence and grew up in North Korea. * * * During the Seven Dynasties, the official was the Prince, and he was named the Duke of Hedong County, and the official was the Prince Taibao, so it was called "Liu". In the sixth year of Xian Tong (865), Liu Gongquan died at the age of 88 and was posthumously given to the Prince.
4. Zhao Mengfu
Zhao Mengfu (Zheng F incarnation), the word Ang, Han nationality, was born in Song Xuedao, also known as Taoist Crystal Palace and Gourbaud. He is a middle-aged Meng Fu. Xing Wu, Zhejiang (now Huzhou, Zhejiang) people. A famous calligrapher, painter and poet at the end of Southern Song Dynasty and the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, his grandson, a descendant of Qin Wang Zhao.
Zhao Mengfu is well-read, good at poetry and prose, familiar with economy, industrial calligraphy, fine painting, good at epigraphy, fluent in temperament and appreciation. Especially in calligraphy and painting. In painting, he created a new painting style in Yuan Dynasty, which was called "the crown of Yuan people". Zhao Mengfu is also good at seal script, official script, original works, calligraphy and cursive script, especially regular script and running script. His style of writing is charming and elegant, with neat structure and skillful brushwork, which created the book of "Zhao Ti".
Introduction to regular script
Regular script is also called regular script, real script and official script. It gradually evolved from official script, becoming more simplified and more horizontal and vertical. Ci Hai is interpreted as "square, straight and exemplary". This kind of Chinese character has the correct font and is a modern popular handwritten orthographic Chinese character.
Regular script is also the official name. There are 20 regular calligraphers and 18 regular calligraphers in the provincial history museum of New Tang Book. Regular script, as a formal name, is also called regular script player, who is in charge of calligraphy and writing, and is listed in the same institution because of the different specific division of labor. "Tongdian Official Twenty-two" records that the regular script writer is an outstanding official. There were no regular script players in Song Dynasty, only regular script.