Liu Gongquan


Liu Gongquan , courtesy name Chengxuan, a great yash Chinese calligrapher. Liu Gongquan was famous for regular script especially, who is one of the 4 calligraphic masters of regular script in China. Other three is Yan Zhenqing, Ouyang Xun and Zhao Mengfu.

Style

A minister like Yan of the Tang dynasty, Liu was a native of today's Tongchuan, Shaanxi, a devout Buddhist and follower of Yan's style of writing. Like him an expert of the regular script, Liu's works were imitated for centuries after and he is often referred in unison with his famed predecessor as "Yan-Liu".

Calligraphy

Xuan mi ta bei from the Forest of Steles in Xian.