Yan Zhenqing's Writing of the Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript
Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript" was created during the Tang Dynasty's An Lushan Rebellion. After the An Lushan Rebellion broke out, the rebel army attacked the city and captured the northern counties. Yan Zhenqing's Pingyuan County was the only place that could resist the rebel army. His spirit of resistance aroused the response of all sides and he was respected as the leader of the royal army. Yan Zhenqing's cousin Yan Gaoqing and nephew Yan Jiming also participated in the fight against the rebels. Yan Gaoqing successfully seized the strategic Tumen and sent his eldest son Yan Quanming to Chang 'an to ask for help. However, Yan Gaoqing and Yan Jiming were both killed in the end, and only Yan Jiming's skull was found. In his grief, Yan Zhenqing wrote the "Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript" to mourn their sacrifice. This work was highly valued because of its special background and Yan Zhenqing's important position in the history of calligraphy.
Yan Zhenqing's Representative Works and Writing Style
Yan Zhenqing's representative works include "Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript,""Pagoda Stele,""Yan Qinli Stele,""Li Xuanjing Stele,""Magu Immortal Altar Record," etc. His writing style was elegant and dignified, and his strokes were vigorous and powerful. He was good at using the center stroke. The knot word changed from the thin and long in the early Tang Dynasty to a square, with a circle in the square, which had a centrifugal force. His cursive calligraphy was vigorous and powerful, revealing his true feelings. The structure was calm, and the stippling was flying, showing the atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy was known as the " Second Running Script in the World ", and it was a perfect example of the combination of calligraphy and personality.
Yan Zhenqing's Representative Works and Writing Style
Yan Zhenqing's representative works include "Sacrificial Nephew Manuscript,""Pagoda Stele,""Magu Immortal Altar Record,""Yan Qinli Stele," etc. His writing style had changed at different stages. His early works were influenced by the regular script of the early Tang Dynasty, so the style was tight and he had not formed his own style as a whole. Later works such as Magu Fairy Altar showed Yan Zhenqing's unique style, which was upright and steady, vigorous and ancient, creating a precedent for the conversion of seal script into regular script. In his later years, his calligraphy style alternated between two styles. One was square, broad, clumsy, and vigorous, while the other was dignified, broad, and sparse. These representative works demonstrated Yan Zhenqing's innovation and maturity in the art of calligraphy.
Yan Zhenqing's works
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 masterpiece
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 Calligraphy
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 Collection
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 Title
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 work is
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's Creation
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 masterpiece
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.