Yan Zhenqing (709 to 784) was a Chinese calligrapher, military general and politician who served as a loyal governor of the Tang dynasty. He is ranked among the greatest master calligraphers in Chinese history, and his regular-script style, known simply as the Yan style, has been imitated for centuries since.
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BirthplaceWannian, near Chang'an, Tang China 1 Death PlaceLongxing Temple, Caizhou, Henan 1 Connections
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Yan Zhenqing (simplified Chinese: 颜真卿; traditional Chinese: 顏真卿; pinyin: Yán Zhēnqīng; Wade–Giles: Yen Chen-ch'ing; 709 – 23 August 784) was a Chinese calligrapher, military general, and politician.
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a Chinese calligrapher, military general, and politician
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Yan Zhenqing was born in Wannian (萬年), near the Tang capital Chang'an, to a highly reputed academic family.
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on 23 August, Yan Zhenqing was secretly strangled at the Longxing Temple (龍興寺) in Caizhou, Henan.
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on 23 August, Yan Zhenqing was secretly strangled at the Longxing Temple (龍興寺) in Caizhou, Henan.
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He was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor of the Tang dynasty.
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Yan Zhenqing (simplified Chinese: 颜真卿; traditional Chinese: 顏真卿; pinyin: Yán Zhēnqīng; Wade-Giles: Yen Chen-ch'ing; 709-23 August 784) was a Chinese calligrapher, military general, and politician.
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