Liu Gongquan's calligraphy Liu Gongquan (778-865 AD), courtesy name Chengxuan, was born in Jingzhao Huayuan (now Yaoxian County, Shaanxi). He was 88 years old. His father is a good son. When the official arrived in Danzhou, he was given the title of "You Xiaoshe" by Shangshu. His brother Liu Gongzhong was made by the whole school. He was made by Dayuan Yin and Hedong Jiedushi. Gongquan was fond of studying since he was a child. He was able to resign at the age of 12. He was a Tongluo Shi and worked In Haijian, he gathered his talents and ideas, and his exports became well-known. He is especially famous for his calligraphy. At the age of 31, he was admitted to the Jinshi Department and then to the Bo Xue Hong Tiao Department. He had been an official in Siming Dynasty, and he once served as the school secretary, Zuo Shimeng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the prince's young master, etc. He was known as "Liu Shaoshi". At the age of 49, he stopped studying in the Imperial Academy and received a bachelor's degree. He lived as a scholar and served as a scholar in the royal family.
That is, he was a full-time calligraphy teacher in the imperial court and was respected by his superiors. Emperor Wenzong had the feeling of "the resurrection of King Zhong, nothing can be done". In the Yizong Dynasty, Zeng wrote in front of the emperor. The military envoy Ximen Jixuan held an inkstone for it, and the privy envoy Cui Juyuan wrote for it. He was more favored than the Hanlin scholar Li Bai who wrote new Yuefu poems. Liu Gongquan specializes in calligraphy, regular script and running script, and is especially famous for his regular script. His calligraphy was first learned from the two kings, and later he read the calligraphy of famous writers in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. He combined the styles of Ou and Yan's regular scripts with powerful and charming style, and became a family of his own. Emperor Muzong of the Tang Dynasty once asked Liu Gongquan about his brushwork, and he replied: "Use the pen with your heart in mind, and if your heart is straight, your pen will be straight, and if your pen is straight, it will become the law." It has been passed down as a "pen admonishment".
Liu Gongquan was another innovator in the calligraphy circles of the Tang Dynasty after Yan. Tang Kai had already reached its peak when Yan Zhenqing arrived. Later, calligraphers had almost no way to go. Duliu Gongquan found another way, combining the beauty of all calligraphers, especially working hard on the use of pens. On the basis of family studies, I first learned from Yan Zhenqing's broadness, and inherited Ouyang Xun's sharp energy, Yu Shinan's smoothness, and Chu Suiliang's sparseness. I took the essence and used macro, cleverly integrated it, and then used the square to expand the steepness and danger to create new things; and constantly summarized The law of development and change of regular script since the Wei and Jin Dynasties overcame the shortcomings of the two kings and the early Tang Dynasty scholars who were too particular about appearance, and finally created the "Liu style" that is neither fat nor thin, with strong and straight writing, rigorous structure, and has a great influence on later generations. . As famous as Yan Zhenqing. But too much is never enough, as is the case with the development of all things. Because Liu Shu is almost perfect from the use of pen to the structure, the charm is slightly insufficient and seems to be dull, which makes the development of regular script face new challenges.
Liu Gongquan has many handed down works, which can be roughly divided into two categories: the first category is represented by the "Diamond Sutra", "Fengsu Stele" and "Fudonglin Temple Stele", with rigorous and stable structure and small and dexterous fonts , possessing the charming charm of regular script since the Jin and Tang dynasties: the other type is represented by the "Mysterious Pagoda Stele" and the "Shence Army Stele", which changed the charming style of the Jin and Tang dynasties and created a kind of solemn and thick with sharpness and rigor with openness. style. The latter category is Liu's reform work, of which "Mysterious Tower Stele" is the most typical. It is the work of Liu Gongquan when he was 64 years old. It is well preserved and is now in the Forest of Steles in Xi'an. The calligraphy and painting on this stele are straight and vigorous, the structure is precise and compact, the writing is decisive, the words are compact, the center of gravity is upper left, and the spirit is refreshing. It is praised by later generations and is listed as one of the best examples of regular script for people. The writing style of "Shengce Military Monument" seems to be thicker, like a military formation, solemn, majestic and inviolable.
In addition to his fine works in regular script, Liu Gongquan also has cursive and ink ink "Mengzhao Tie", also known as "Hanlin Tie". Some scholars believe that it is a relic of the Song Dynasty copy.
The mood of this post is natural, the writing style is carefree, and the lines are calm, but it’s magical