Yan Shu is a famous contemporary calligrapher, who studied under the great master Mr. Ma Yongan. Before that, Yan Shu was also called Ma Shu and Ma Shu style.
There are six styles of calligraphy in China, namely, running script, cursive script, official script, seal script, regular script and regular script. Among them, Yan Shu derived and extended Liu Shu and Jian Shu respectively. Ma Yongan's Yan Shu calligraphy not only uses traditional calligraphy methods, but also creates his own set of calligraphy methods and systems. In the history of China's calligraphy, Xuanfeng, Zhufeng and Tuofeng were first put forward and used.