Calligraphy characteristics of the four masters of regular script

1, Ou Yangxun first. Ou Yangxun's regular script is recognized as the first in the history of ancient and modern calligraphy, generally winning by brushwork. His European regular script handed down from generation to generation is meticulous in strokes and rigorous in structure, even reaching the so-called profound realm of "not moving a picture". Although European regular script is neat and rigorous, the changes between stippling are lively, giving people a tall and handsome aesthetic feeling.

2. Yan Zhenqing is a master in the whole history of calligraphy. His calligraphy attainments are extensive and profound, and he has created a vigorous and unique calligraphy style, which has made calligraphy aesthetics move from handsome to vigorous, and he is a typical representative of Tang Kai famous artists. Yan Zhenqing's regular script strokes are vigorous, broad and grand in structure, extremely rich and vigorous, which has had an inestimable and significant impact on the calligraphy style of later generations. Not only is regular script extensive and profound, but Yan Zhenqing's cursive script is also vigorous and vigorous in Gu Zhuo. His running script classic "Sacrifice to a Nephew", known as "the second running script in the world", is enough to show his running script attainments.

3. Liu Gongquan's regular script is famous for its strength. His brushwork is abrupt and neat, and his statutes are rigorous. At the same time, his brushwork is sharp and vigorous, and his strength is profound. From the structural point of view, Liu Gongquan's regular script is tight inside and loose outside, with a straight structure and emphasis on the quality of lines. Mr. Qi Gong wrote Liu Gongquan's Mysterious Tower Monument for decades, just to gain his strength, which shows that Liu Gongquan's pen skill is profound.

4. Zhao Ziang. Zhao Ziang's regular script gained the charm of Jin and Tang Dynasties, and at the same time absorbed the elegance of Song Dynasty. Finally, they merged into one, creating their own delicate and mellow unique calligraphy styles. The biggest feature of his regular script is its beauty and fluency. Some critics say that his pen is too round and weak, but this is not objective. Zhao Ziang's lines are still very powerful.

Extended data:

Regular script evolved from Han Li and can be divided into regular script and regular script. Weibei refers to the calligraphy style in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which can be said to be a style of transition from official script to regular script. Weibei is often written in the official script of Han Dynasty, so its regular script nature is still immature, but it is precisely because of this immaturity that a hundred flowers blossom and its posture is peculiar, forming a unique beauty. Kang Youwei named it "Ten Beauty in Weibei".

Regular script in a narrow sense refers to Tang Kai, which gradually matured after the Tang Dynasty. Its representatives are Ou Yangxun, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Qi in the early Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing in the middle Tang Dynasty and Liu Gongquan in the late Tang Dynasty. We often say that the four masters of regular script "Yan Liu Ou Zhao", the first three are all from the Tang Dynasty.