The Research Of Yan Zhenqing’s Running Script

Yan Zhenqing is China’s famous calligrapher in Tang Dynasty, he achieves great success not only in regular script and also in running script. People’s assessment of his running script with high evaluation is not less than his regular script, and also he has a great influence on the later development of running script. The purpose of this thesis is to research his running script comprehensively and deeply.This thesis is divided into three chapters to research Yan Zhenqing’s running script. The first chapter introduces the background of calligraphy in Tang Dynasty, and summarizes his running script generally and analyses his influential running script from the writing background, method, style, later evaluation etc. The second chapter analyzes his running script style from the skills in penmanship, structure, composition, in order to find out the originality and innovation of Yan’s running script. The third chapter introduces Yan Zhenqing’s achievements in running script and his position in the history of calligraphy. Based on the discussion of calligraphic study experience and calligraphy thoughts, this thesis makes a detailed analysis of Yan Zhenqing’s running script. Thus can make a more comprehensive understanding of the Yan Zhenqing’s running script, and it also will be benefit for contemporary calligraphy.