Yan Zhenqing
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Yan Zhenqing was a Chinese calligrapher, military general, and politician. He was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor of the Tang dynasty. His artistic accomplishment in Chinese callig
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Draft of a Requiem to My Nephew, 758
Part of Yan Qinli Stele, Yan Zhenqing's masterpiece (the stele is on permanent display in Bei Lin, Xi'an)
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Regular script
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The regular script is the newest of the major Chinese script styles, emerging during the Three Kingdoms period c. 230 CE, and stylistically mature by the 7th century. It is the most common style used
Yan Zhenqing
…of the Tang dynasty. His artistic accomplishment in Chinese calligraphy is equal to that of the greatest master calligraphers of history, and his regular script style, Yan, has often been imitated. Yan Zhenqing was born in Wannian (萬年), near the Tang capital Chang'an, to a highly reputed academic family (Langya…
Heart Sutra by Ouyang Xun in regular script, 635
Xuanshi Biao by Zhong Yao, written during the early transition from clerical script to regular script
Sheng Jiao Xu by Chu Suiliang, an example of regular script