On The Acceptance Of Yan Zhenqinq's Calligraphy By Calligraphers Of Qing Dynasty

Yan Zhenqinq's calligraphy is a unique phenomena of Chinese calligraphy history. It does not belong to the calligraphy styles of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi which were traditional and dominant in the past time. Meanwhile, it can't be covered by BeiXue developed in the Qing dynasty. Yan`s calligraphy is vigorous and simple, boundless and strong, spunky and precise, exoteric and open. Basically, the style of Yan`calligraphy is colorful and complicated. It contains merits of both BeiPai and TiePai, but it is not affiliated to them. Yan`s calligraphy is a heuristic model that differs from the calligraphies of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi. The acceptances of Yan`s calligraphy were distinct in different ages. The acceptance research in the Qing Dynasty is the most typical one.The developments of BeiXue and TieXue are indispensible to the acceptance of Yan Zhenqinq's calligraphy in the Qing dynasty. On one hand, Yan`s calligraphy interacted with these two genres because of the historical backgrounds of them, but they have their specific features. On the other hand, there are many calligraphers who learnt from Yan Zhenqinq obtained great achievements. Their calligraphy styles are prominent in the Qing Dynasty, and yielded a profound influence. It is impossible to define their richness merely by BeiPai or TiePai. Actually, Yan`s uniqueness was explored and flourished because of the tradeoff of the two genres. Yan`s calligraphy played an important role in the Qing dynasty, which is a period with a great revolution in the calligraphy pattern. In this thesis, I mainly focus on analyzing the Yan`s unique charm and discussing the relationship between the acceptance of Yan's calligraphy and fashion styles in the Qing dynasty. This work is based on the research about the acceptances of Yan's calligraphy in different phases of the Qing dynasty. Additionally, I consider the status of current calligraphies by summarizing the Qing calligraphers' methods in learning Yan's style, in order to make some significative suggestions for their future development.