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Oūyáng Xún (Chinese: 歐陽詢; Wade–Giles: Ouyang Hsun, 557 - 641 AD) was a Confucian scholar and calligrapher of the early Tang Dynasty (唐朝). He was born in Hunan, Changsha, to a family of government officials; and died in Anhui.
Achievements
He was a talented student who read widely in the classics. He served under the Sui (AD 581–618) in 611 AD as Imperial Doctor. He served under the Tang (AD 618–907) as censor and scholar at the Hongwen Academy. There he taught calligraphy. He was a principle contributorr to the Yiwen Leiju.
He became the Imperial Calligrapher and inscribed several major imperial steles. He was considered a cultured scholar and a government official. Along with Yu Shinan (AD 558–638) and Chu Suiliang (AD 596–658) became known as one of the Three Great Calligraphers of the Early Tang.
External Links
- http://www.artnet.com/library/06/0643/T064315.asp
- http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Science/yiwenleiju.html
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