1. Write poems to help others

Tang Wuzong was angry with a female official in the palace for a long time. Later, he summoned her and said to Liu Gongquan: "I am very dissatisfied with this person. , If I can get one of your works, bachelor, I won't blame her." Then I handed him the dozens of pieces of paper from Shu County on the imperial case.

Without thinking, Liu Gongquan immediately wrote a quatrain: "Regardless of the time before, I disobeyed the Lord and was willing to guard the long gate alone. Now I have the king's attention, so I returned to the pepper room to wipe away the traces of tears." The emperor was very happy. He was rewarded with two hundred pieces of brocade and ordered the female officials to come forward and thank him.

2. Use the pen as advice

Tang Mu Zong was dissolute and eccentric in his administration. He once asked Liu Gongquan how to use the pen to perfection. Liu Gongquan replied: "The method of using the pen all depends on If you use your heart and your heart correctly, your brushwork will be perfect." Mu Zong changed his face and understood that he was using brushwork to exhort him.

3. Three steps of talent

Liu Gongquan once accompanied Tang Wenzong to play in the garden of Weiyang Palace. Wenzong stopped the car and said to Liu Gongquan: "There is something that makes me happy. In the past The clothes given to the border soldiers are often not distributed in time, and now the spring clothes are distributed in February." Liu Gongquan came up to congratulate, and Wenzong said: "I just want to congratulate you, but I can't give you my clothes. You should write a poem to congratulate me.”

The palace people urged him to read it to Wenzong himself, and Liu Gongquan responded: “Although there was no battle last year, I have not received the emperor’s favor this year. Why repay the spring with spring clothes?" Wenzong said happily: "Cao Zijian recited poetry in seven steps, but you only need three steps."

Extended information:

Introduction to Liu Gongquan's calligraphy works. :

1. "Mysterious Pagoda Stele"

"Mysterious Pagoda Stele", the full name is "Tang Guzuo Street Monk Record of the Three Religions" and the Dade Anguo Temple. "Inscription and Preface to the Mysterious Pagoda of Master Zi Dada" was written by Pei Xiu, then prime minister, in the first year of Huichang in the Tang Dynasty (841), and was written in elixirs by the calligrapher Liu Gongquan. It is a regular script calligraphy work. It is now preserved in the second room of the Forest of Steles in Xi'an.

"Mysterious Tower Stele" has 28 lines, each line has 54 words. It narrates the kindness that Master Dada received in the three dynasties of Dezong, Shunzong and Xianzong, and commemorates Master Dada's deeds and informs future generations. Its structure is tight, the brushwork is sharp, the muscles and bones are exposed, and it is full of masculinity. The handwriting is like a knife carving, and the thickness of the strokes varies, and the style is distinctive.

The "Mysterious Tower Stele" is a milestone in Liu Gongquan's calligraphy career, marking the complete maturity of "Liu style" calligraphy. It has always been used as an authentic model for beginners to learn calligraphy, and has a profound influence on later generations.

2. "Feng Su Bei"

"Feng Su Bei" (837, 60 years old) written by Wang Qi, Liu Gongquan's book and seal script, main book, forty-one OK, eighty-three characters, the stone is stored in the Forest of Steles in Xi'an. His book is refreshing, fast and healthy, and full of energy. It seems to indicate that a more refined "willow body" is about to be born.

In the next five or six years, "Mysterious Tower" and "Shence Army" were published one after another, becoming the standard of regular script for thousands of years.