Yan Zhenqing's Calligraphy Works

Among Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works, some were very famous and highly respected, including Yan Qinli Stele. This was the Divine Stele that Yan Zhenqing had written for his great-grandfather, Yan Qinli. It recorded the Yan Clan's lineage and Yan Qinli's life story. Yan Qinli Stele showed the mature style of Yan Zhenqing's regular script. His writing style was vigorous, dignified and elegant, and the font structure was rigorous yet flexible. Yan Zhenqing was good at using techniques such as lifting, pressing, and stopping to make the strokes and lines show rich changes, both powerful and rhythmic. This stele also demonstrated Yan Zhenqing's superb ability to form words. He handled the interweaving and evading between strokes, making every word present a harmonious beauty. The entire work was unified without losing its changes, full of vivid charm. Yan Qinli Stele had the characteristics of dignified and open-minded, relaxed and cheerful, the combination of movement and stillness, the combination of cleverness and awkwardness, and grace and generosity. The brush is horizontal, thin and vertical, thick and thick, hiding the head and protecting the tail, using both square and round, vigorous and powerful. The vertical painting takes the momentum of "facing each other". The vertical painting is thick and the goose tail is forked. The hook is like a bird's beak. The momentum between the dots is coherent. This stele emphasized laws and regulations, and it had the aura of the Great Tang. Yan Qinli Stele was one of Yan Zhenqing's representative works of regular script in his later years and was considered a treasure of his calligraphy art.

Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works include Yan Qinli Stele, Li Xuanjing Stele, Xianyu's Lidui Record, Guo Family Temple Stele, Duobao Pagoda Stele, Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript, Liu Zhong's Envoy Post, Self-writing Post, Fighting for Seat Post, Dongfang Shuo Painting Praise, Yan Family Temple Stele, Magu Immortal Altar Record, Resurrection Ode, etc. Among them, Yan Qinli Stele showed Yan Zhenqing's mature writing technique and structural design, Li Xuanjing Stele had the meaning of seal script, Xianyu's Lidui Record and Guo Family Temple Stele showed Yan Zhenqing's variation in calligraphy style, Duobao Stele was a regular script calligraphy work, regarded as the highest peak of Yan Zhenqing's regular script, and Sacrifice to Nephew Manuscript was his running script work, which was now collected in the Palace Museum in Taibei. Self-written Body Invitation was his official calligraphy work. These works reflected Yan Zhenqing's creativity and unique calligraphy style, which was widely studied and appreciated by later generations.

Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works had the following characteristics: First of all, Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was bold and magnificent, showing the spirit of a man. His calligraphy strokes are thick and heavy, giving people a sense of heaviness. His works were simple and unadorned, without any fancy decorations, showing the characteristics of simplicity. In addition, Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was mellow, tasteful, and not dull. His calligraphy style was solemn, powerful and upright, displaying a serious temperament. In general, Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works had the characteristics of strength, solemnity, simplicity, mellow charm, solemnity, and fierceness.

Yan Zhenqing's main calligraphy works include "Sacrifice to Nephew Manuscript","Pagoda Stele","Along the River During the Qingming Festival","Ode to the Luo God","Ode to the Red Cliff","Lotus Painting" and so on. Among them, the "Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript" was hailed as a classic in the history of calligraphy, and was praised by the later generations of calligraphy as "the second running script in the world". The Pagoda Stele was Yan Zhenqing's early masterpiece. In addition, Yan Zhenqing also had many other works, such as "Painting of Dongfang Shuo" and "Stele of Li Xuanjing". Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works were rich and varied in style. There was the solemnity of regular script and the boldness of running script. His works displayed the spirit of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Yan Zhenqing's representative works were "Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript" and "Pagoda Stele." " Sacrifice to Nephew Manuscript " was Yan Zhenqing's representative work of cursive writing. It was known as " the second cursive writing in the world ". It showed the characteristics of his writing, his emotional expression, and his vigorous writing style. " Pagoda Stele " was Yan Zhenqing's early masterpiece. It had a respectful and sincere style and combined the characteristics of many calligraphers. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy style was firm and vigorous. The structure of his words was firm, upright, and stable. At the same time, it showed his emotional and mental state. It had a natural, vigorous, and vigorous style.

Yan Zhenqing's regular script copybook referred to Yan Zhenqing's collection of regular script works, which included works such as the Pagoda Stele. These copybooks were based on Yan Zhenqing's regular script style for reference and practice by those who learned and appreciated calligraphy. Yan Zhenqing was a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. His regular script works were famous for their rich and beautiful strokes, smooth and steady, rigorous and dense, stable and symmetrical. Yan Zhenqing's regular script copybook had an important reference value for learning and studying calligraphy.

Yan Zhenqing (709 - 784) was a famous calligrapher and official of the Tang Dynasty. He was good at running script and regular script, and his calligraphy works were exquisite. Yan Zhenqing's regular script was dignified and majestic. It was known as the "Yan Style" and had a great influence on the development of calligraphy in later generations. Together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan, and Ouyang Xun, he was known as the Four Great Masters of Regular Script. Together with Liu Gongquan, he was also known as Yan Liu. Together, they were known as Yan Jin Liu Gu. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works were recognized as authentic except for the "Sacrifice to Nephew Ji Mingwen's Manuscript". The authenticity of other works was still controversial. He was also good at poetry, but his works such as "Yun Hai Jing Yuan" and "Li Yue Ji" had been lost. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy style was magnanimous, heavy, simple, and serious. He was known as a giant in the history of Chinese calligraphy.

Yan Zhenqing was a famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. His calligraphy works had a unique style and characteristics. Among them, one of his representative works was the "Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript". This work displayed the characteristics of Yan Zhenqing's cursive calligraphy. The font was powerful, the structure was compact, and the emotions were sincere. It was hailed as the second semi-cursive script in the world by the calligraphy world. In addition, Yan Zhenqing's "Multi-Pagoda Stele" was also his early masterpiece, showing his steady, strong writing technique and broad momentum. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works were magnificent and had the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. At the same time, it also reflected his noble personality and integrity. His calligraphy works were widely praised and recognized in terms of both art and personality.

Yan Zhenqing's regular script copybook mainly included the following aspects: 1. The structure was square and dense. Yan Zhenqing's regular script copybook was featured by a square structure and a compact font. The overall font presented a rich, vigorous, and majestic style. 2. The strokes were light horizontally and heavy vertically. In Yan Zhenqing's regular script, the horizontal strokes were relatively thin, while the vertical strokes, dots, and strokes were relatively thick, showing the characteristics of light horizontal and heavy vertical strokes. 3. Thick and vigorous strokes: In Yan Zhenqing's regular script copybook, the strokes were strong and powerful, and the ink was thick, giving people a calm and powerful feeling. 4. The knot is wide and broad: In Yan Zhenqing's regular script copybook, the font is wide and broad, the white cloth is even, the font is slightly square, dignified and stable, full of righteousness. 5. Yan Zhenqing had created a unique Yan Style, which was unique in the history of calligraphy. Yan Style had outstanding emotions and spirituality. The thoughts of writing were naturally strange, expressing a rich understanding of life, and the realm of thought was grand and open. In summary, Yan Zhenqing's regular script copybook had the characteristics of a square and dense structure, light strokes, thick strokes, broad strokes, and a unique "Yan Style" style.

Yan Zhenqing's representative works of calligraphy included "Sacrifice to Nephew Manuscript,""Pagoda Stele,""Yan Qinli Stele,""Magu Immortal Altar Record,""Ode to Resurrection," and so on. These works displayed Yan Zhenqing's unique calligraphy style and techniques, such as horizontal fine and vertical thick, thin and thick, left fine and thick right, etc. Among them,"Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript" was praised as "the second semi-cursive script in the world" by the later calligraphy world, and "Pagoda Stele" was Yan Zhenqing's early proud work.