Pictures and font features of Ouyang Xun’s calligraphy works

Ouyang Xun’s calligraphy achievements were most pronounced in regular script, with powerful writing and unique structure. Later generations called it "European style". It originated from the Han Dynasty. It has a strong character and strict laws. It is dangerous in the ordinary and elegant in the rules. The strokes are interspersed and arranged appropriately. Below are the characteristics of Ouyang Xun's calligraphy fonts that I have compiled for you. I hope it will be useful to you!

Appreciation of the characteristics of Ouyang Xun's calligraphy fonts

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Ouyang Xun's calligraphy font picture 4 Ouyang Xun's artistic characteristics

Although Ouyang Xun's appearance is very ugly , but he is extremely intelligent and enlightened. He can read several lines at a time. He is well-read in classics and history, especially the Three Histories. His calligraphy was first studied by Wang Xizhi and Liu Min, one of the three princes of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Later, he gradually changed his calligraphy style. His writing power was strong and powerful, and he became his own style. He was known as "European style". Home. People found his writing on rulers and regarded him as a model, so his calligraphy had a great influence on later generations. Zhang Huaiguan of the Tang Dynasty wrote in "Shu Duan" that his calligraphy was "extremely powerful" in all eight styles, his writing was powerful and powerful, and his seal style was especially fine. ?Ouyang Xun's regular script has a rigorous structure, open strokes, and very regular brushwork.

The "Thirty-six Methods of Ouyang's Form" passed down by later generations are the rules and methods of forming characters summarized from his regular script writing style, which have great enlightenment for later generations. Ouyang Xun's greatest contribution was his arrangement of the structure of regular script. It is said that Ouyang Xun summarized thirty-six structural methods of regular script fonts, called "Ouyang Xun's Thirty-Six Methods". Although this method is mixed with explanations or thoughts made by later generations, there must be some in it. A large part of it still belongs to Ouyang Xun: his research has completely got rid of the unstable and irregular changes of glyphs, and has entered the level of modeling analysis. The mature concept of calligraphy structure can only be truly established at this point. Famous steles passed down from generation to generation include "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription", "Huadu Temple Stele", "Huangfu's Birthday Stele", "Wen Yanbo Stele", etc.

The running script and ink writing includes "Zhang Han", "Bushang", "Meng Dian" and other stickers. He has compiled one hundred volumes of "Art and Literature Collection". The monument "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming" was written by Wei Zheng, recording the discovery of spring water by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty when he was vacationing in Jiucheng Palace. This monument was erected in the sixth year of Zhenguan (632). There are 24 lines in regular script and 49 characters in each line. On the forehead of the stele is a seal script in Yang script with an inscription of "Jiuchenggong Liquan" with 6 characters. The monument is in Linyou, Shaanxi. This stele is neatly arranged with a square pen, and it is possible to see the danger in the squareness. The arrangement of calligraphy and painting is compact and well-proportioned, and the intervals are wide and stable. Zhao Kan's "Graphite Engraving Hua" of the Ming Dynasty calls this stele the "No. 1 official book". "Bu Shang Tie" has no inscription and is attributed to Ouyang Xun. Paper, length 25.6 cm, width 16.6 cm. 6 lines of running script, 53 words. Now in the Palace Museum, Beijing. This post was originally circulated as "Shishitie". Later, "Shishitie" was separated and dispersed, and this is one of them. The calligraphy is straight and handsome, with a tight and square structure, which is indeed the superior calligraphy of Ouyang Xun.