Yan Zhenqing's diligent inscription

Among Yan Zhenqing's inscriptions, the 'Pagoda Stele' and 'Yan Qinli Stele' were both very famous works. Beginners could choose his early work,"Pagoda Stele", to get started quickly, but his most famous work was the late "Yan Qinli Stele". He could choose according to his personal preference. For beginners, he could learn the [Multi-Pagoda Stele] first, and then gradually learn other works. There were several key points in learning calligraphy: First, beginners could choose one piece according to their own preferences; Second, they needed to practice persistently to lay a good foundation; Third, they needed to further develop on the basis of having both form and spirit; Fourth, they had to inherit the tradition and make some innovation; Fifth, they could make different progress while learning; Sixth, they had to practice repeatedly and integrate the five calligraphy laws. In short, Yan Zhenqing's "Multi-Pagoda Stele" and "Yan Qinli Stele" were both good choices for learning the Yan Style.

Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works had the following characteristics: First, it was magnificent. His works gave people a solemn and vigorous feeling. Through the strong and powerful strokes, vigorous layout and rich ink color, it created a strong visual impact. The second was the beautiful and elegant shape. Yan Zhenqing paid attention to the smoothness and beauty of the shape. He was good at using the basic strokes to skillfully combine them together to form a harmonious and varied form, making his works appear elegant and elegant. The third was the vigorous and powerful style of the strokes. Every stroke of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was full of strength and perfect. His works also had outstanding emotions and spirituality. The thoughts in his writing were natural and strange, expounding a lot of life insights, and the realm of his thoughts was grand and open. In general, Yan Zhenqing's works displayed unique artistic features in terms of momentum, beauty of shape, and strokes.

Yan Zhenqing's representative works include "Pagoda Stele,""Persuade Learning,""Yan Qinli Stele,""Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript,""Yan Family Temple Stele," etc. Among them, Duobao Pagoda Stele was one of Yan Zhenqing's representative works in regular script. It was created in the 11th year of Tang Tianbao (752) and is now preserved in the second room of Xi'an Stele Forest. This stele was famous for its beautiful and vigorous style and rich and beautiful writing style. 'Persuade to Learn' was a seven-character ancient poem written by Yan Zhenqing, and it was also one of his representative works. In addition, Yan Qinli Stele, Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript, and Yan Family Temple Stele were also Yan Zhenqing's representative works.

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's works include Yan Qinli Stele, Yan Zhenqing's Handwritten Letter, Yan Qinli Stele Afterword, Ode to the Resurgence of the Tang Dynasty, Wuxing Collection, Luzhou Collection, Linchuan Collection, Magu Immortal Altar Record, Sacrifice to Nephew Manuscript, Scramble for Seat, Liu Zhong's Envoy Post, Self-Writing Post, Yan Family Temple Stele, Guo Xuji Epitaph, Wang Lin Epitaph, etc.

Yan Zhenqing's works were named as Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript, Pagoda Stele, Oriental Painting Praise Stele, Yan Qin Li Stele, Self-written Invitation Post, Magu Immortal Altar Record, Scrambling for Seats Post, Sacrificial Nephew Gifted to Praise Good Doctor Ji Mingwen, Wang Lin's Epitaph, Guo Xuyi's Epitaph, Golden Heavenly King Temple Title, Xianyu's Lidui Record, Zanghuai Ge Stele, Ode to Resurgence, Yuan Ci Mountain Stele, Baguan Zhai, Persuade Learning, etc.

Yan Zhenqing's works include Duobao Stele, Yan Qinli Stele, Magu Immortal Altar Record, Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript, Seat Competition Post, Yan Family Temple Stele, etc.

Yan Zhenqing was an outstanding calligrapher. His works covered many fields such as running script and regular script. He exerted the essence of the seal script in cursive script creation, forming a completely different style from the style of the "Two Wangs" and the aesthetic form of "external expansion". His semi-cursive work, Sacrifice to Nephew Manuscript, was known as the second semi-cursive in the world. In addition, Yan Zhenqing was also good at regular script. He created the style of regular script, which had an important impact on later generations. His representative works included "Pagoda Stele","Dongfang Shuo Painting Praise Stele","Yan Family Temple Stele","Yan Qin Li Stele" and so on. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy creation presented different characteristics and realms at different stages. His artistic image could be displayed through the passage, change, richness and improvement of these works.

Yan Zhenqing's masterpieces included the Manuscript of Sacrifice to Nephew, the Stele of Yan's Family Temple, Yan Zhenqing's Three Manuscript, and the Stele of Many Pagodas. Among them,"Sacrifice to Nephew Manuscript" was known as the world's second best semi-cursive masterpiece, with the characteristics of solemnity and solemnity. 'Yan Family Temple Stele' was a regular script work that recorded the Yan family and their official experiences. Yan Zhenqing's Three Manuscript was one of Yan Zhenqing's masterpieces in cursive script. It had the same distinctive style as the Sacrifice to Nephew Manuscript. The Pagoda Stele was one of Yan Zhenqing's early representative works, which showed his rich, vigorous, beautiful, and calm writing style. In general, Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy works had outstanding performance in both the fields of regular script and cursive.

Yan Zhenqing's 'Yan Qinli Stele' was the tombstone he erected for his great-grandfather, Yan Qinli. It was also one of his representative works in his later years. This monument was erected in the 14th year of the Tang Dynasty (779) and is now in the Forest of Steles Museum in Xi'an. Yan Qinli Stele was engraved on four sides, three of which were still in existence. The inscription traced the merits of Yan's ancestors and described the achievements of future generations in the Tang Dynasty. Yan Zhenqing used the techniques of horizontal, fine, vertical, thick, hiding the head and protecting the tail, and using both square and round in his calligraphy. His calligraphy was dignified and generous, broad and stretched, and he saw the skill in his clumsy calligraphy. This monument displayed the aesthetic fashion of the Tang Dynasty and was considered one of Yan Zhenqing's iconic works of calligraphy.