Ou Yangxun in Song Dynasty
Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty
First of all, calligraphy was in its heyday in the Tang Dynasty. When it comes to regular script, words must be called Yu, Ou, Chu and Yan. Yan Zhenqing is one of the great calligraphers with the most innovative spirit. Yan Zhenqing (709-785) was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi, Shaanxi). He comes from a noble family and is the fifth grandson of Yan Shigu, a famous scholar. Yan Zhenqing is honest and clean, and is famous for his loyalty and loyalty in officialdom. He used to be a veteran of the four dynasties, and his career was ups and downs, and he didn't care. Later, I was ordered to recruit me from Huaixi to make Li Xilie and Li Xilie rebel and was killed by Li.
Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy originated from his own school, but its transformation was initiated by Wu Xu. Because he can choose one hundred schools at the same time, he can choose freely, leaving a lot of books and posts to show his skills. When Fan Wenlan, a historian, mentioned books in the Tang Dynasty in his works, he said that "Yan Zhenqing in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty was the creator of the new book style in the Tang Dynasty". Yan kaishu embodies a prosperous style and is magnificent; And his cursive script made Mi Fei in the Song Dynasty like the Four Books, because those book posts were often written in a state of extreme grief and indignation, and readers can appreciate the flavor from this article. Emotion is dissolved in art, and artistic talent breeds soul. Most excellent arts in history have not violated this standard.
Yan Zhenqing, a genius in the book world. For thousands of years, only Yan can be compared with Wang Xizhi, the sage of books, and stride forward in the world of books. Of course, Yan Zhenqing was crowned as the crown in the Tang Dynasty, and Yan Shu was also regarded as the grand marshal in the Song Dynasty. Since then, Yan Zhenqing's book soul has formed a huge force and accumulated into an important part of China's book soul. "The Biography of Yan Zhenqing in the New Tang Dynasty" praised: "Although it has been 1,500 years, its heroic words are awesome and admirable!" The heroic life of the sun and the moon is an inexhaustible source of watering his wonderful calligraphy.
Second: Liu Gongquan, who was 88 years old in the 13th year of Dali, Tang Daizong (AD 778) and the 6th year of Xian Tong, Tang Yizong (AD 865). Jingzhao Huayuan (now Yaoxian County, Shaanxi Province) was born. The palace is a prince, so the deceased called it "Liu". He began to learn from Wang Xizhi, the brushwork of Ou Yangxun and Yan Zhenqing, and then set up his own family. The regular script written is beautiful and strong. Compared with Yan Ti, Liuzi is slightly thinner, so it is called "Yan Liu Jin Gu". Mu Zong asked Liu Gongquan how to use a pen, and Gong Quan replied: "Use a pen in your heart, and your mind is right." "Mu Gong changed his face and remonstrated with his pen. In the Song Dynasty, Zhu Zai said: "The public power official book has the best operation mode, but the grass can't. "Its method is based on beauty, but it is rich and famous in the world." He began to learn Wang Xizhi's brushwork, and later read the modern calligraphy, so he tried his best to change the right army method, learn from Yan Zhenqing, and assimilate his new ideas, so that his calligraphy avoided the tendency of horizontal and vertical, adopted a balanced and thin and hard approach, and steadily chased Wei Bei, making his brushwork simply beautiful, vigorous and tight. Many scholars in later generations took Liu Zi as a model.
He was a 29-year-old scholar and served as a junior official in the local area. Later, Tang Muzong came across his handwriting. Once called to Chang 'an by the imperial court. Liu Gongquan was in his forties at that time. His character is both backbone and meticulous. Similarly, his handwriting also reveals this part of his characteristics. Because of this, his reputation and position in Chang 'an have been improved, and the general princes and nobles are scrambling to invite him with huge sums of money.
Calligraphy in the late Tang Dynasty experienced prosperity in the middle of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, but it also reached its peak and declined. Although Liu Gongquan's fame was popular for a while, he was still slightly better than Yan Shu. Calligraphy flourished in the Tang Dynasty, but now it has declined. Liu Gongquan's regular script involves Ou Yangxun's brushwork, and some strokes are often closely interspersed, which is particularly broad, fine and angular. Although the pen was written by Yan Zhenqing, it is different from Yan Zhenqing's vigorous and broad style, which is particularly heroic.
Liu Gongquan died at the age of eighty. He served seven emperors and finally died as the Prince of Shao Shi.
There are many books handed down from ancient times, among which Mysterious Tower, Shence Army Monument and Diamond Sutra are the most prominent.