Hěnduō háizi liàn máobǐzì, dōu shì cóng línmó Liǔ Gōngquán de zì kāishǐ de.
Many children start learning brush calligraphy by copying Liu Gongquan's characters.
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culture
His lean, firm regular script is called 柳体, and the phrase 颜筋柳骨 "Yan's sinew, Liu's bone" sets it beside the fleshier style of 颜真卿. His best-known model for students is the 《玄秘塔碑》 stele of 841.
history
When Emperor Muzong asked him how to use the brush, he answered 心正则笔正 "when the heart is upright, the brush is upright", advice the emperor understood to be about ruling as much as writing.
