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Title
Yan Zhenqing (顏真卿)
Qingchen (清臣)
Yan Pingyuan (顏平原)
Yan Lugong (顏魯公)
Wenzhong (文忠)
Subject
Ancient Calligrapher
Chinese calligrapher
Calligraphy Master
Famous calligrapher
Description
Yan Zhenqing (顏真卿) was a notable calligrapher and a governor of the Tang Dynasty (唐朝). He mastered Regular script (楷書) as well as Cursive script (草書) but was famous for his "Yan" writing style and the only calligrapher who is paralleled with the "Sage of Calligraphy", Wang Xizhi (王羲之).
Date
Tang Dynasty (唐朝)
709-785
Relation
Huai-su (懷素)
Sun Guoting (孫過庭)
Ouyang Xun (歐陽詢)
Zhang Xu (張旭)
Language
Chinese
Type
Person
Identifier
yanzhenqing
Spatial Coverage
Yan Zhenqing was born in Wannian (萬年), near the Tang capital Chang'an. Due to political reason, he was sent out of the capital as the governor of Pingyuan. In 785, Yan Zhenqing was secretly strangled at the Longxing Temple (龍興寺) in Caizhou, Henan.
Person Item Type Metadata
Birth Date
709
Birthplace
Wannian (萬年)
Death Date
785
Occupation
Chinese calligrapher, loyal governor of Tang Dynasty
Geolocation
Item Relations
| This Item | Creator | Item: Wang Xizhi (王羲之) |
| This Item | Creator | Item: Ouyang Xun (歐陽詢) |
| This Item | Creator | Item: Su Shi (蘇軾) |
| This Item | Creator | Item: Mi Fu (米芾) |
| This Item | Creator | Item: Zhao Mengfu (趙孟頫) |
| This Item | Creator | Item: Huang Tingjian (黃庭堅) |
| Item: Wang Xizhi (王羲之) | Creator | This Item |
| Item: Mi Fu (米芾) | Creator | This Item |
| Item: Zhao Mengfu (趙孟頫) | Creator | This Item |
| Item: Su Shi (蘇軾) | Creator | This Item |
| Item: Huang Tingjian (黃庭堅) | Creator | This Item |
| Item: Ouyang Xun (歐陽詢) | Creator | This Item |