Liu Gongquan's famous saying is: use a pen in your heart, your heart is regular and your pen is correct, your heart is just like thinking, your pen is thick and your strokes are correct.

Liu Gongquan's works

This sentence is Liu Gongquan's experience in the art of calligraphy. As a calligrapher, Liu Gongquan needs to concentrate on writing works, and only after his mind is clear can he learn works that satisfy him. The so-called pen-in-the-heart also reflects Liu Gongquan's accomplishments in psychology from one side, aiming at integrating ethical concepts with calligraphy art. The sage's learning lies in the right mind and the right brushwork, and the same is true for practicing calligraphy works. The works starting from the heart are the true portrayal of the heart. This sentence also reflects Liu Gongquan's emphasis on self-cultivation. Later people used to regard his personality cultivation as a reference standard when evaluating the works of calligraphers. If this person is elegant and clean, his works will be respected; On the other hand, if a person has great accomplishments in calligraphy, but lacks character, his works will not be regarded as a model by future generations. Su Shi wrote in Dongpo's inscription and postscript: Liu Shaoshi's words are regular and his pen is correct, not only satirizing, but also reasonable. The Liu Shaoshi in Su Shi's mouth is Liu Gongquan, and Su Shi agrees with the idea that Liu Gongquan's mind is regular and his pen is correct. In Song Dynasty, there was a traitor named Cai Jing. Cai Jing loved calligraphy very much, and he also had high skills in calligraphy skills. However, because of his treacherous character, there was no place for Cai Jing as a master of calligraphy. It is enough to see the importance of calligraphy and conduct.

In addition, this sentence also reflects Liu Gongquan's skill in calligraphy. He started the Liu Ti, and for regular script, the correct word is aesthetic. Only the words written with a straight heart and a straight pen will be square and delicate. Liu Gongquan, Yan Zhenqing,

Liu Gongquan and Yan Zhenqing are both one of the four masters of regular script, enjoying a high reputation in the calligraphy field.

Liu Gongquan's Works

Born in 79 AD, Yan Zhenqing was a famous calligraphy artist in the early Tang Dynasty, and his facial style became the object of study for future generations. Liu Gongquan was born in 778 AD, and Yan Zhenqing died when Liu Gongquan was a child. Liu Gongquan created Liu Ti, and Yan Zhenqing named Yan Liu. Their accomplishments in calligraphy are called Yan Jin Liu Gu.

Liu Gongquan loved calligraphy since childhood, and when he grew up, he studied hard and became his own family. In calligraphy, Liu Gongquan admired the fonts of Yan Zhenqing and Ou Yangxun most. Later, Liu Gongquan collected and copied the works of various calligraphers, from which he summed up his experience and learned from others. Yan Zhenqing's representative works include Yan Qinli's Monument, Guo Xuji's Monument, Duobaota Monument, Fairy Altar of Magu Mountain and so on. From Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, we can see that the font structure is meticulous and the writing is very powerful. If we carefully observe Yan Zhenqing's fonts, we can see that the strokes of the fonts are horizontal and light, and the overall feeling is vigorous and tall.

The Diamond Sutra Engraving Stone, the Mysterious Pagoda Monument and the Feng Su Monument are Liu Gongquan's classic masterpieces. In the direction of regular script calligraphy works, he carefully studied Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy skills and fonts, and then carried out integration and innovation, creating Liu Ti. Liu Gongquan's works of Liu Ti have also become one of the representatives of the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Gongquan's fonts show the characteristics of thin and hard characters, which shows that the writing is strong enough; In addition, the calligraphy works are clean and beautiful, and a work is coherent and smooth in one go; And the structure of calligraphy works is very strict, and the fonts are full of integrity and beauty. Compared with Yan Zhenqing's style, Liu Ti in Liu Gongquan is even and thin, and later people call their works as Yan Jin Liu Gu.