Let's first talk about Yan Zhenqing, Yan Zhenqing is a leader in the history of calligraphy, written in calligraphy, cursive, the Tang Dynasty is the era of calligraphers, which is also thanks to the vigorous promotion of Li Shimin, in the Tang Dynasty, many calligraphers emerged, Yan Zhenqing is one of the most important. He is the most outstanding calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, and has a profound influence on future calligraphy, in ancient times many calligraphers have their own style, Yan Zhenqing's style is relatively thick and plump, he made his calligraphy art go up to a higher level in his old age, the so-called people are old. He is also one of the four major ancient calligraphy, which shows how deep his calligraphy art is.
Let's appreciate Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, calligraphy, and cursive works:
The Book of Many Pagodas
Yan Zhenqing's xingcao "Table of Ancestors":
Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrifice nephew draft":
Liu Gongquan was a calligrapher at the end of the Tang Dynasty, his calligraphy style reflected thinness, and some people said that his calligraphy was the most difficult style to learn in Tang Kai, and few people in later generations learned Liu Kai. Liu Kai is very rigorous, it can be said that Liu Kai is the highest art of calligraphy in the late Tang Dynasty, and only Liu Kai lets the world remember the development of calligraphy art in the late Tang Dynasty. That's because his calligraphy was appreciated and promoted. In fact, after Liu Kai, many calligraphy could not reach the Tang Dynasty, and from the Tang Dynasty onwards, calligraphy began to decline, although there were many calligraphers later, they could not surpass the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty can be called the second Wei and Jin, and ancient calligraphy has two peaks, one is the Wei and Jin dynasties of Wang Xizhi's era, and the other is the Tang Dynasty. Wei Jin ushered in a new era of calligraphy, and Tang Dynasty calligraphy once again reached its peak.
Let's take a look at Liu Gongquan's calligraphy:
Tang Liu Gongquan Xingshu Lanting Poetry Book:
So the question is, in history, who has more influence on Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan? Whose achievements are higher? Why do so few contemporary calligraphers learn their calligraphy?
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