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

Liu Gongquan's works

This sentence is Liu Gongquan's calligraphy experience. As a calligrapher, Liu Gongquan needs to concentrate on writing works. 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 attainments in psychology from one side, aiming at integrating ethical concepts with calligraphy art. The sage's learning lies in the correct brushwork, and so does practicing calligraphy works. The work that starts from the heart is the true portrayal of the heart. This sentence also reflects Liu Gongquan's emphasis on self-cultivation. Later, when people evaluate the calligrapher's works, they are used to taking his personality cultivation as a reference standard. If this person is elegant and clean, his works will be respected; On the other hand, if a person is accomplished in calligraphy, but lacks character, his works will not be regarded as a model by future generations. Su Shi wrote in Dongpo's inscription: Liu's words are correct and his brushwork is correct, which is not only ironic, but also reasonable. Liu Shaoshi in Su Shi's mouth is Liu Gongquan, and Su Shi agrees with Liu Gongquan's view that his mind is regular and his pen is correct. There was a traitor named Cai Jing in the Song Dynasty. Cai Jing loves calligraphy very much and has high attainments in calligraphy skills. However, due to his treacherous character, Cai Jing has no place as a master of calligraphy. It shows the importance of calligraphy and conduct.

In addition, this sentence also reflects Liu Gongquan's calligraphy skill. He created Liu Style, and for regular script, the correct statement is aesthetics. Only the words written with a straight pen will be square and delicate.

Liu Gongquan, Yan Zhenqing Liu Gongquan and Yan Zhenqing, as one of the four masters of regular script, enjoy a high reputation in calligraphy.

Liu Gongquan's works

Yan Zhenqing, born in 709 AD, was a famous calligraphy artist in the early Tang Dynasty, and his facial style became the object of later research. 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 calligraphy achievements are called "Yan" Gu.

Liu Gongquan loved calligraphy since childhood, and studied hard when he grew up, forming his own family. In terms of calligraphy, Liu Gongquan appreciates the fonts of Yan Zhenqing and Ou Yangxun best. Later, Liu Gongquan collected and copied the works of various calligraphers, summed up experience and learned from others. Yan Zhenqing's representative works include Yan Bei, Guo Bei, Duo Baota Bei and Magu Mountain Xiantan. As can be seen from Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, the font structure is meticulous and the writing is very powerful. If we carefully observe Yan Zhenqing's font, we can see that the strokes of the font are horizontal and light, and the overall feeling is vigorous and straight.

Engraving the Diamond Sutra, Mysterious Pagoda Monument and Su Feng Monument are Liu Gongquan's classic works. In the direction of regular script calligraphy works, he carefully studied Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy techniques and fonts, and then integrated and innovated, creating Liu Ti. Liu Gongquan's Liu Ti works also became one of the representatives of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Liu Gongquan's font presents the characteristics of thin and hard words, which shows that the writing strength is sufficient; In addition, the calligraphy works are clean and beautiful, and a work is smooth and smooth in one go; Moreover, 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 his works Yan Gu.