"Sacrifice to a Nephew" (full name: Sacrifice to a Nephew and Praise to a Doctor) is a calligraphy work written by Yan Zhenqing, a calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, in the first year of the Tang Dynasty (758). It is now in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
The manuscript of "Sacrificing My Nephew" is Yan Jiming's manuscript, which is a memorial to his nephew. * * * 23 lines, 234 words. This manuscript describes how Yan Gao Qing's father and son stood up and loyally opposed it during the Anshi Rebellion, so that "the father was trapped and the child died, and the nest turned upside down" brought justice into his heart. Throughout the pen, I feel like a tide, the calligraphy is magnificent, and the vertical pen is bold and unconstrained.
Wang Xizhi's Sacrifice to My Nephew, Preface to Lanting and Sushi's Huangzhou Cold Food Post in the Northern Song Dynasty are called "the three major running scripts in the world" and "the second running script in the world". Moreover, this manuscript was written in extreme grief and indignation, regardless of the clumsiness of pen and ink, so the words fluctuate with the calligrapher's mood, which is purely a natural expression of spirit and peacetime work. This is rare in the whole history of calligraphy, so "Sacrifice to a Nephew" is one of the original works with great historical and artistic value.
Brief introduction of Yan Zhenqing
Yan Zhenqing (August 23, 709-784) was born in Lingya Linyi (now Linyi City, Shandong Province) and Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi City, Shaanxi Province). Yan Shigu V was a famous official, calligrapher and secretary supervisor in the Tang Dynasty. He was once a famous painter such as Sun and Situ.
Yan Zhenqing, a native of Langya Yanshi, was a scholar in the 22nd year of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty (734). He used to be the censor and an assistant in the temple. Later, because he offended Yang, the powerful minister, he was demoted to be the prefect of the plain and was called "Yan Plain" by the world. During the Anshi Rebellion, Yan Zhenqing led the rebels to fight against the rebels and once recovered Hebei. Later, he went to Fengxiang and was made a minister.
When Tang Daizong was an official, he went to the official department of Shangshu Province, and a prince and a surname named him Duke Lu, which was called Duke Yan Lu in history. In the first year of Xingyuan (784), he was sent to tell the rebel Li Xilie that he refused the thief in awe and was finally slapped to death. After he was killed, Cao's heirs and soldiers of the three armed forces cried. Si Tuleideng's posthumous title, Wen Zhong, was praised by later generations as "a model of harmony and unity between man and art" (Wang Jinyu's evaluation).
For the above contents, please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Manuscript for Sacrificing Nephews.