What are the representative calligraphers of the Tang Dynasty?

Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan.

A calligrapher is a person who is good at calligraphy, and he is also a person who has the ability to write Chinese characters, and he is a person who can push it to the height of art. So what were the famous calligraphers of the Tang Dynasty?

1. The famous calligraphers of the Tang Dynasty are Ouyang Xun, Liu Gongquan, Yan Zhenqing, etc., there are many calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, and the cultural development of the Tang Dynasty is relatively rapid, and there are more calligraphers and poets.

2. Ouyang Xun's representative works include the famous "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming", "Huangfu's Birthday Monument", and the book has "Zhongni Dream Laying Post" and "Xingshu Thousand Character Text", Ouyang Xun has a unique view on calligraphy, and is known as one of the four masters of regular script by the world.

3. Liu Gongquan's representative works include "Diamond Sutra", "Mysterious Tower Tablet", etc., his words are called willow body, the words written are neat and imposing, the words are rigorous, meticulous, many ancient celebrities have a very high evaluation of it, at that time there was a saying in the folk that "a word of willow is worth a thousand gold".

4. Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan are also known as "Yan muscles and willow bones", he is the highest rated calligrapher in the history of calligraphy after the two kings, and has a far-reaching influence on later generations, and the representative works are "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript", "Fight for Seat Post", "General Pei Post", etc., among which "Sacrifice Nephew Manuscript" is known as the second line of books in the world.

There were many calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty, and the development of calligraphy was relatively prosperous, but it does not mean that because of the commercial monopoly of the Tang Dynasty, the development of calligraphy and art has nothing to do with the development of the economy, but more because of the hard work of calligraphers.

Liu Gongquan learned Wang Xizhi at the beginning, and later the potato stool all over the Tang Dynasty famous calligraphy, between the Jin people and the graceful and majestic Yan Shu, formed their own willow body, absolutely covered with bone strength and strength, and later generations have the reputation of "Yan muscle willow bones".

Yan Zhenqing has exquisite calligraphy and is good at line and Kai. Its positive block is dignified and majestic, the line of writing is vigorous, and the regular script of "Yan Ti" is created, which has a great influence on later generations. Together with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan, and Ouyang Xun, they are known as the "Four Masters of Regular Script".

It is also called "Yan Liu" and Liu Gongquan, and is called "Yan Muscle Willow Bone".

Ouyang Xun and the contemporaries Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, and Xue Ji are known as the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty. Because his son Ouyang Tong is also good at calligraphy, it is also called "Da Ou". He and Yu Shinan are well-known for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, and called "Ou and Hand Zhou Yu", and the descendants of their books are in danger in the peace, which is the most convenient for beginners, and is called "European Style".

Chu Suiliang learned Ouyang Xun and others in his book, followed by Yu Shinan, and then took the law Wang Xizhi, and integrated Han Li. Its characteristics are: the book is rich, self-contained, graceful and colorful, varied. At that time, it was as famous as Ou and Yu, and there were many scholars. Yan Zhenqing was also affected by it.

Zhang Xu was a well-known calligrapher in the middle of the Tang Dynasty in China. He used to be the governor of Changshu County and the chief history of Jinwu. Zhang Xu's calligraphy is the highest achievement in cursive, and he is known as the "grass saint" in history.

The "Four Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty" refers to the four calligraphers of Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, and Xue Ji in the early Tang Dynasty. The first three, some of them are called "the three masters of the early Tang Dynasty". The calligraphy of the four major families of the Tang Dynasty has a common feature, that is, the style of regular script is "delicate and thin", among which Ouyang Xun Kaishu is more disturbing and trivial, and the contribution is also the greatest, and later Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Zhao Mengfu and called "the four masters of regular script", his "Jiucheng Palace", has always been regarded as a model for learning regular script.

The later "thin gold body" can also be traced back here, and the thin gold ** of Zhao Ji of Song Huizong is mainly Xue Ji. However, it is impossible for any calligrapher to copy or learn from only one predecessor, they often specialize in one person, absorb nutrients from the vast sea of calligraphy, and eventually become a family of their own.

The representative works of calligraphers in the Tang Dynasty include "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription", "Huangfu Debate Nian Birthday Monument", "Huadu Temple Tablet", "Zhongni Dream Laying Post", "Xingshu Thousand Character Text", "Confucius Temple Tablet", "Breaking the Evil Theory", "Runan Princess Epitaph" and so on. And the calligraphers of the Tang Dynasty include Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, Lu Cambodia, Chu Suiliang, Li Gaochen Shimin, Xue Ji, Yan Shaofu, etc., among which Ouyang Xun's brother pen power is dangerous and thin, the attitude is precise and handsome, the law is strict, and it is strange in peace.

Famous calligraphers of the Tang Dynasty are:

Yan Zhenqing, Ouyang Xun, Liu Gongquan, Zhang Xu, Huai Su, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Xue Ji, Li Yong, Xu Hao, Li Mill, Wei Zhongxi, Wu Tong, Huang Fuyue, Han Fangming, Liu Zongyuan, Liu Yuxi, Fang Zhiwen, Ma Yuzhang, Li Zhongcheng, Chu Changwen, Sun Guoting, He Zhizhang, Li Yangbing, ......