Today, we want to introduce and study the "Guojiamiao Tablet" written by Yan Zhenqing when he was 56 years old, and the full name of "Guojiamiao Tablet" is "There is a Tang Dynasty Ancient Doctor's Envoy to the Military Shouzhou Zhuzhou Assassin History Zhuguo Gift Taibao Guogongmiao Inscription and Preface". This stele is now in the collection of the Forest of Steles Museum in Xi'an.
I am also fortunate to have lived in Xi'an for 12 years, and I have seen this stone tablet many times in the forest of steles: the stele stone head square seat, the forehead title "Tang Dynasty gift Taibao Qi Guozhen Guo Gong Temple stele", 12 large characters in seal script, is inscribed by Daizong Li Yu.
The content of the inscription is that Guo Ziyi built a family temple for his father Guo Jingzhi, describing Guo Ziyi's family history and martial arts achievements.
Guojiamiao Tablet was written by Yan Zhenqing when he was fifty-six years old, which was the mature stage of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, full of strength and exquisite calligraphy. The inscription throughout is majestic and heroic, and it is integrated.
As a masterpiece of Yan Zhenqing, the strokes of the whole article are horizontal and vertical, vertical and horizontal, horizontal and thin, and the vertical painting is rich and dignified. The knot is introverted and wide.
We can see from its inscription that "Guojiamiao Tablet" is dominated by the center and is majestic in one go. The knot is written in the form of the seal, which is strong and subtle, neutral and down.
The calligraphy style of Guojiamiao Tablet is prominent, exaggerating the fineness of the horizontal painting, strengthening the vertical force of the point, and it is majestic. got rid of the influence of Ou and Chu in the early Tang Dynasty. The history of calligraphy in China should be the second peak at this time after the "two kings".
Wang Shu commented on this monument: "At that time, Lu Gong's "Self-Written Notice" was graceful and smooth, not similar to Lu Pingsheng's style, and it was a very deep work in his later years. Looking at this monument today, it is slightly the same as the "Self-Written Notice", and Lang Chang is even more out of the "Self-Written Notice", which makes people no longer think about the "Self-Written Notice". ”