Liu Gongquan
{{family name hatnote|柳 (Liu)|lang=Chinese}}
Liu Gongquan ({{zh|t=柳公權|s=柳公权|p=Liǔ Gōngquán|w=Liu Kungch'üan}}), courtesy name Chengxuan ({{lang|zh|誠懸}}) (778—865), was a Chinese calligrapher, essayist, and politician who lived during the late Tang dynasty. Liu Gongquan was especially famous for regular script ({{lang|zh|楷書}}) and was one of the 4 calligraphic masters of regular script in China. The other three were 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
{{External media|video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM17PE0fNdk Liu's Calligraphy 玄秘塔碑]}}Xuan mi ta bei ({{lang|zh|玄秘塔碑}}) from the Forest of Steles in Xi'an.
File:《玄秘塔碑》-“Stele of the Xuanmi Pagoda” MET 1977 375 17 label strip sf.jpg
File:Xumitabei1.jpg
File:Xuan mi ta bei by Liu Gongquan.jpg
References
- Wang, Jingfen, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929105746/http://203.72.198.245/web/Content.asp?ID=77187&Query=1 "Liu Gongquan"]. Encyclopedia of China (Arts Edition), 1st ed.
External links
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- [http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/calligraphy-liu-gongquan.php Liu Gongquan and his Calligraphy Gallery] at China Online Museum
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Category:9th-century Chinese calligraphers
Category:Politicians from Tongchuan
Category:Tang dynasty calligraphers
Category:Tang dynasty essayists