In fact, Yan Zhenqing is still well-known at present, and the introduction of Yan Zhenqing in history textbooks still uses a lot of pen and ink. Many publishing secretaries even wrote descriptions by Yan Zhenqing, and Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was written by Zhong Zheng, which was associated with the literati politics in the Song Dynasty. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy is wonderful, especially the regular script is dignified and magnificent, and the running script is vigorous and beautiful.
Yan Zhenqing was a famous minister in the middle Tang Dynasty and was regarded as an outstanding calligrapher. With Zhao Mengfu and Liu Gongquan, they are also called "four masters of regular script", and with Liu Gongquan they are also called "Yan Liu", which means "Yan Gu". In fact, Yan Zhenqing studied the calligraphy of his predecessors, such as Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi. That's why he wrote so powerfully. His calligraphy style is contrary to that of the early Tang Dynasty. His calligraphy was vigorous, generous and magnificent, and he created his own "face", so it was not popular in the Tang Dynasty at that time.
There are many representative works of Yan Zhenqing, the most representative of which are "Contending for Seats", "Sacrificing My Nephew" and "Sacrificing My Uncle". The smearing of the sacrifice of a nephew in the manuscript actually reflects the emotional factors of his grief and indignation at that time, which is a more real and arbitrary expression. His handwriting has many characteristics, such as thin horizontal and thick vertical, and his handwriting is particularly calm and atmospheric. This is why it was so admired by the Song Dynasty.