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| Courtesy Name: | Qingchen (清臣) |
| Alias: | Yan Pingyuan (顏平原) Yan Lugong (顏魯公) |
| Posthumous name: | Wenzhong (文忠) |
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[1]) was a Chinese calligrapher, military general, and politician. He was a leading Chinese calligrapher and a loyal governor of the Tang dynasty. His artistic accomplishment in Chinese calligraphy is equal to that of the greatest master calligraphers of history, and his regular script style, Yan, has often been imitated.
- ^ ren'yin day of the 8th month of the 1st year of the Xing'yuan era, per vol.231 of Zizhi Tongjian