Ou Yangxun lived in the Tang Dynasty, and Ou Yangxun was a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He is also one of the four masters of regular script and one of the top ten calligraphers in the history of China. He is proficient in calligraphy and is good at regular script and running script. His regular script font is called "European style", which is not only vigorous in brushwork, but also elegant and generous in font structure, and is also used by Fiona Fang. His works, such as The Monument of Yugong Yan Wen and The Monument of Huangfu's Birthday, were called "The Eternal Farewell" by later generations.
Brief introduction of Ou Yangxun
Ou Yangxun (about 557-64 1) was born in Linxiang County (now Changsha City, Hunan Province). Tang dynasty minister and calligrapher. Son of Ouyang Yao. Ou Yangxun's grandfather Ouyang Li successively served as ambassador, commander-in-chief of Hengzhou Military Region, general Annan and general Cheung Nam. Ou Yangxun's father, Ouyang Yang, joined the army with his father at the age of 20, and was brave and good at fighting. Later, following in his father's footsteps, he successively served as the commander-in-chief of 19 Kyushu Army and the secretariat of Guangzhou. In the first year of Chen (569), he was honored as a general because of his suspicion of having two minds.
When Yang Di was in Sui Dynasty, Ou Yangxun became a doctor too often. In the third year of Wude (620), he took refuge in Dou Jiande, the king of Xia, and was named Taichangqing. In the fifth year of Wude (622), he surrendered Li Yuan to teach Shi, moved Guanglu to be a doctor, taught him, led the Prince Gengling, and got a bachelor's degree. He is a native of Bohai County and presided over the compilation of the Collection of Arts and Literature. Zhenguan died at the age of eighty-five.