Yan Zhenqing (August 23, 709-784), whose real name was Chen Qing, alias Xianmenzi, alias Fang Ying, was born in Jingzhao Wannian (now Xi City, Shaanxi Province), whose ancestral home was Langya Linyi (now Linyi City, Shandong Province), a calligrapher and a famous official in the Tang Dynasty.

Most of Yan Zhenqing's works handed down from ancient times are inscriptions, and the regular script includes "Multi-Tower Induction Monument", "Magu Fairy Altar", "Portrait Monument of Dong Fangshuo", "Yan Monument" and "Yanshi Family Temple Monument". , running script, etc., as well as books such as self-written confessions and manuscripts mourning my nephew Ji Ming. Among them, the tablet is dignified and vigorous, but the brushwork is thin, which is different from other tablets. Yan's Temple Monument is rich in calligraphy, which is one of his masterpieces in his later years. Compared with his early works, it is more vigorous and atmospheric, which is his masterpiece in his later years.

Yan Zhenqing wrote, collected, Wu, Lu and Linchuan Collection, all of which were lost. Later generations compiled his poems into Collected Works of Yan (volume 15).