Representative figures: Ouyang Xun (European style) of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing (Yan style) of the Tang Dynasty, Liu Gongquan (Liu style) of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu (Zhao style) of the Yuan Dynasty.
1. Ouyang Xun of the Tang Dynasty: His regular calligraphy was rigorous and his writing power was fierce. He was known as "the first regular script of the Tang Dynasty" and his representative work was "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming".
2. Yan Zhenqing (Yan Ti) of the Tang Dynasty: His regular script is dignified and majestic, and he is known as "Yan Ti" in the world. His representative works include "Yan Qin Li Stele", "Yan Family Temple Stele", "Duobao Pagoda Stele" and "Magu Immortal Altar" remember".
3. Liu Gongquan (Liu style) of the Tang Dynasty: His regular script is clear and strong, rigorous in structure, exquisite in writing, and straight and straight. He is known as "Liu style" in the world. His representative works are "Mysterious Pagoda Stele" and "Goddess". "Cejun Monument".
4. Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty: His regular script is round and delicate, upright and rigorous, without losing the elegance and elegance of his running script. He is known as "Zhao Style" in the world, and his representative work is "Xuanmiao Temple Rebuilding the Three Gates".
1. Ouyang Xun, courtesy name Xinben, was born in Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan). He was a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He once served as the crown prince, so people called him "Ouyang Shugeng". . In the Sui Dynasty, Ouyang Xun's calligraphy enjoyed a high reputation. In the Tang Dynasty, Ouyang Xun, who was nearly seventy years old, was still teaching calligraphy at the "Hongwen Museum".
2. Yan Zhenqing (709-785) was born in Jingzhao Wannian of the Tang Dynasty (now Xi'an, Shaanxi), and his ancestral home was Linyi, Tang Langya (now Linyi, Shandong). The courtesy name is Qingchen. He is a representative figure of calligraphy innovation in the mid-Tang Dynasty. His regular script is dignified and majestic, and his momentum is grand. The running script is soothing and refreshing, and the charm is flying. His calligraphy not only has the charm and rules of previous calligraphy styles, but is not bound by ancient methods. It breaks through the rigid rules of the early Tang Dynasty and becomes its own style, which is called "Yan style".
3. Liu Gongquan (778-865) was born in Huayuan, Jingzhao (now Yaozhou District, Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province). He rose to the rank of Prince Shaoshi, and was known as "Liu Shaoshi" in his old life. He first studied Wang Xizhi and studied the brushwork of Ouyang Xun and Yan Zhenqing, and then became his own style. The regular script he writes is vigorous and charming, with strong bones and strong morals. Compared with the Yan body, the Liu character is slightly thinner, so it is called "Yan Jin Liu Gu".
4. Zhao Mengfu (1254-1322), named Zi'ang, also known as Songxue Taoist. He was the most prominent painter in the Yuan Dynasty and a painter who had a wide influence at that time and in later generations.