How to Copy Yan Zhenqing's Yan Qinli Stele

Author: Xue Longchun
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: "Yanlin Bei" was written by Yan Zhenqing at the age of seventy-one, fully demonstrating his robust and majestic style. The magnificent and grand artistic style had entered a mature phase, marking the culmination of Yan's personal calligraphic style in its later period. Through years of teaching and exploration, I have found that beginners of Yan-style calligraphy should start with this stele. This book teaches you how to copy it, and its content includes:
1. Yan Zhenqing and his "Yanqinli Beilu";
2. The writing of strokes in "Yanqinli Beilu";
3. The writing of components (radicals) in "Yanqinli Beilu";
4. The arrangement of structure in "Yanqinli Beilu";
5. The arrangement of composition in "Yanqinli Beilu";
Appendix: Original (block copy) of "Yanqinli Beilu," (details) of "Yanqinli Beilu," and works by later calligraphers who learned from Yan;
6. Part of "Yanqinli Beilu";
Appendix: A comparison table of simplified and traditional characters in the inscriptions of "Yanqinli Beilu."