Yan Zhenqing's Calligraphy Works
Yan Zhenqing is good at running script, regular script and his own style, and is famous for his exquisite calligraphy. Like Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan and Liu Gongquan are both famous for their regular script. They use a pen to balance thin and hard evenly, while Yan Zhenqing's pen is deadly, stupid and slightly straightforward.
However, although his calligraphy is full, it does not lose the feeling of fullness. Generally speaking, it is noble and respected. Although Yan Zhenqing's regular script is complete, it has bones and muscles, powerful pen, steady momentum and overall momentum. His calligraphy initiated a new trend.
Careful observation of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy shows that his regular script changed the style of the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy practice, his family was poor. As there was no paper and pen to practice calligraphy, he dipped his pen in the yellow mud on the wall and began to practice calligraphy. He studied Chu Suiliang first, and then Zhang Xu. Finally, he learned from the classics of the four schools in the early Tang Dynasty and combined the calligraphy styles of Zhuanli and the Northern Wei Dynasty to form his own style. Energetic and open-minded.
Yan Zhenqing is good at running script and regular script. His running script is vigorous and powerful. From his running script works, we can see the scene of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Yan Zhenqing integrated his noble personality into the running script and made a perfect integration. When writing, the pen holder is flat, but not hard-edged, soft outside and rigid inside, round and powerful.
This is the characteristic of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, and it is also the inspiration and achievement that Yan Zhenqing brought to future generations. The essence of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is to see real people in his works.
Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan
Liu Gongquan and Yan Zhenqing are both "four masters of regular script" and enjoy a high reputation in calligraphy.
Liu Gongquan's works
Yan Zhenqing, born in 709 AD, was a famous calligraphy artist in the early Tang Dynasty. His facial style became the research object of later generations. Liu Gongquan was born in 778 AD, and Yan Zhenqing died in Liu Gongquan's childhood. Liu Gongquan created "Liu Style" and Yan Zhenqing created "Yan Liu". Their calligraphy attainments are called "Yan Gu".
Liu Gongquan liked calligraphy since childhood and grew into his own family. In calligraphy, Liu Gongquan spoke highly of the fonts of Yan Zhenqing and Ou Yangxun. Later, Liu Gongquan collected copies of all calligraphers' works, summed up experience and learned from them. Yan Zhenqing's representative works include Li Yanqin Monument, Guo Xu Monument Collection, More Bao Bei, Magu Mountain Xiantan Collection and so on. As can be seen from Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works, Yan's calligraphy style is rigorous in structure and vigorous in brushwork. Careful observation of Yan Zhenqing's font shows that the strokes of the font are horizontal, light and vertical, and the overall feeling is strong and straight.
"Diamond Sutra Stone Carving" and "Mysterious Tower Monument" are the classics of Liu Gongquan. Under the guidance of regular script calligraphy works, Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy techniques and fonts were carefully studied, and then Su Feng Bei was created through integration and innovation. Liu Gongquan's Liu Ti works have also become one of the representatives of "Tang Shu Shang Fa".
Liu Gongquan's handwriting presents a thin and hard character, which shows that his writing style is very powerful. In addition, the calligraphy works are clean and beautiful, and a work is coherent and smooth. Moreover, the structure of calligraphy works is very rigorous, and the fonts are full of a sense of integrity and strength. Compared with Yan Zhenqing's "Yan Ti", Liu Gongquan's "Liu Ti" looks "thin and hard" and is called "Yan Gu".
Yan Zhenqing's Calligraphy Appreciation
Yan Zhenqing's works are numerous, including Yan Zhenqing's classic regular script Portrait of Dong Fangshuo when he was 46 years old. Su Dongpo wrote an inscription when he saw this painting. The calligraphy of this painting is very gorgeous. At first glance, it is quite characteristic of Yan Zhenqing. Yan Zhenqing is good at running script and regular script. His calligraphy works are unique and can be called Yan Ti.
It is a running script, mainly written during the Anshi Rebellion. It tells the story that Taiyuan messengers could not save Yan Gaoqing's father and son, and at the same time praises Yan Gaoqing's loyalty all his life. The whole work is round, vigorous and coherent.
Yan Zhenqing Pagoda Monument is a famous work of Yan Zhenqing. This is sincerity and respect. It combines the styles of Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan and Chu Suiliang. It is a calligraphy feature that develops continuously by using its own advantages. The whole structure is rigorous, dignified and beautiful, moving in silence, and seeing the fairy in silence.
Yan Zhenqing tablet was published by Yan Zhenqing at the age of 7 1. Now it is well preserved, showing the art of Emperor Yan to the maximum extent.
Yan Zhenqing's achievements in calligraphy are inseparable from his efforts. He showed the rigorous style to the world all his life and left valuable resources for calligraphy. From Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, we can know what kind of person Yan Zhenqing is, and a person's behavior accomplishment can be reflected in his works, which is the charm of calligraphy works.
As a famous calligrapher, Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy has a gust of wind, which is the charm of the times. The combination of Yan Zhenqing's personality and calligraphy is the combination of man and art and the beginning of calligraphy.