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Yan Zhenqing (709-785 A.D.)
The Tang Dynasty produced a galaxy
of calligraphers of whom the most
influential was Yan Zhenqing , who
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won fame for his zheng kai (regular
script) which was marked by
elegance and magesty - a new style
considered by later generations as
the orthodox school in Chinese
calligraphy.
On the cliff by the Wuxi Stream
in Lingling of Hunan (known as
Yongzhou in the Tang Dynasty),
39 Extracted from “An Outline History of China” edited Shuduo & Zhu Zhongyu. Published by Foreign Press
by Bai Shoiyi. Written by Yang Zhao, Fang Linggui, Gong Beijing.
