Liu Gongquan's Calligraphy Works

Liu Gongquan's calligraphy works.

Known for regular script, Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Zhao Mengfu are also called "four masters of regular script". Inscriptions handed down from ancient times include Diamond Sutra, Xuanta Monument and Su Feng Monument. There are cursive scripts such as Shen Fu Post, Sixteen-Day Post, and Insulting Hunan Post. Mo Xiang's Zhao Meng Tie and Postscript of Wang Xianzhi's Pear Tie are both spread all over the world. Their poems are included in Complete Tang Poetry and Complete Tang Poetry External Compilation.

Liu Gongquan is good at Ci Fu and calligraphy. As a beginner, Wang Xizhi visited famous calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, learned from Yan Zhenqing, absorbed new ideas, and created his own "Liu Ti", which was as famous as Yan Zhenqing in strength and strength, and was called "Yan Liu", and was later known as "Yan Gu".

Liu Gongquan related introduction

Liu Gongquan (778-865) was born in Jingzhao Garden (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province). An official, calligrapher and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, the son of Liu Ziwen, the secretariat of Danzhou, and the younger brother of Liu Gongchu, the minister of war.

Liu Gongquan, a native of Liushi, Hedong, was the champion of Yuanhe in Tang Xianzong in 808. As a scholar for the first time, he entered the Li Painting and Calligraphy Institute. Liu Gongquan worked in the official residences of Mu Zong, Jing Zong and Wenzong, and grew up in North Korea. He has served as a great official in the seven dynasties, a tired official, a prince, a duke of Hedong, and was called "Liu" in the world. In his later years, he became an official with Prince Taibao. In the sixth year of Xian Tong (865), Liu Gongquan died at the age of 88 and was given to the Prince.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Liu Gongquan (calligrapher and poet in the middle Tang Dynasty).