Yan Zhenqing's "Magu Xiantan" in Tang Dynasty is the representative work of Yan Zhenqing's regular script inscription. The inscription is vigorous and simple, with strong bone strength, the change of line thickness tends to be gentle, and the strokes are less tortuous. When using a pen, there is a "silkworm head swallow tail" with more strokes.
Ma Gu Xian Tan Ji is a classic in the history of Chinese calligraphy and one of the excellent models for us to learn regular script.
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The full name "Tombstone, Minister of Tang Dynasty, Minister of Province, Director of Kuizhou Governor's Department, Yan Jun" is a tombstone written by Yan Zhenqing for his great-grandfather Yan, which is the representative work of Yan Zhenqing's regular script in his later years. This monument was erected in the 14th year of the Tang Dynasty (779), and was unearthed in xi 'an, Shaanxi Province in June of the 11th year of the Republic of China (1922). It is now in the Xi 'an Monument Forest Museum.
3. Yanjiamiao Monument
The full name is "Inscription of Yan Jun, Wang Xueyou, Minister Shao Jian, Guo Zi Shao Bao and Prince who were given a drink by Tang Taiyi", which was carved by Yan Zhenqing for his father Yan Weizhen in the first year of Tang Jianzhong (780). The inscription describes the Yan family and its official experience, the official career and academic achievements of future generations.
4. "Many pagodas and monuments"
The full name is "Induction Monument of Many Pagodas in Qianfu Temple in Xijing, Datang", written by Cenxun, a scholar at that time, and inscribed by Xu Hao, calligrapher Yan Zhenqing Shu Dan and stone carver Shi Hua in the 11th year of Tang Tianbao (752). It is a regular calligraphy work. Now it is preserved in the second room of Xi 'an Stele Forest.
5. "Confessions in Books"
Regular script paper, 33 lines of 253 words and 13 lines of fine print, handed down as Yan Zhenqing calligraphy. Today, the Sakura Shudao Museum in Nakamura, Japan.
This post is dignified and simple, vigorous and powerful, and it is a representative work with mature style in his later years, with an ancient meteorological and temple atmosphere.