In the first year of Jianzhong (780), the stone was engraved with Li Zhuan script, with the inscription "Yan Family Temple Monument" and a regular script by Yan Zhenqing.
The decapitated turtle is 330 cm high, 130 cm wide and 33 cm thick.
[Tang] "Yan Family Temple Monument" (Yin Monument)
Carved on all sides, 24 lines north of the monument, 47 words south of the monument, 6 lines on both sides of the monument, 52 words across the whole line, bounded.
Beiyang has inscriptions by Lee Joon and Li Yan in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Yin Bei also has an inscription by Yan Zhenqing on his forehead, which is slightly incomplete.
The war in the late Tang Dynasty reduced the size of the city, and this monument was once abandoned in the countryside. In the Song Dynasty, it was listed in Xi 'an Forest of Steles together with The Stone Classic of Kaicheng, and now it is displayed on the east side of the second room of Xi 'an Forest of Steles.
Jin Cui Shi's Compilation, Complete Works of Xi Forest of Steles and Appreciation of Calligraphy Art of Famous Monuments in Xi Forest of Steles are all recorded.
Tang Dezong acceded to the throne, Yan Zhenqing was appointed as the official department minister, and the title was Lu County's founding father. Since Yan Zhitui, the Yanshi family has flourished for five generations, but the six generations have not reached the prominence of Yan Zhenqing.
Yan Zhenqing was honored, and the ancestral home of Dunhuafang was changed to Yanshi family ancestral temple. He also built a temple for his father and wrote an inscription for the tombstone, that is, "Yan Family Temple Monument".
In the same year, Yan Zhenqing was promoted to Prince of Shao Shi, and eight sons and nephews were knighted. When he was excited, he wrote "Monument and Postscript".
Yan's family temple monument is a monument erected by Yan Zhenqing for his father Yan Weizhen. The inscription describes Yan's family background, official experience and future generations' official career.
Yan was born in Langya (now Linyi, Shandong). From the 13th ancestor moved to Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) with the Jin Emperor, to the fifth ancestor Yan Zhi in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and then came to Chang 'an with the coachman. Since then, he has lived in Jingzhao (now Xi 'an, Shaanxi Province) for 10,000 years, so the history books call him a man of ten thousand years.
Several generations of Yan's officials are in high positions, and most of them are famous families, such as bookkeepers, waiters, Wang You and bachelors.
His thirteenth ancestor Han Yan, ninth ancestor Yan Tengzhi, sixth ancestor Xie Yan, tenth uncle Yan Tingzhi, fifth ancestor Yan Zhitui, eighth ancestor Yan, Zeng Bozu Yan Shigu, uncle Yan and grandfather Yan Zhaofu are all famous for their filial piety to their parents and family background, especially for their research on literature, classics and calligraphy.
Yan Zhenqing's father, Yan Weizhen, was a friend of Xue Wangyou and was fostered by his uncle Yin Zhongrong since childhood. He studied books with his brother and learned and inherited Yin's brushwork.
Calligraphers' methods all influenced Yan Zhenqing's vigorous calligraphy style.
In 690 AD, in the first year of divine providence, Yan Weizhen took the exam in the name of paste. After being sentenced to higher education, her uncle Yan was tired of being falsely accused and awarded her to Quzhou to join the army. Later, she served as a county commander in Wenxian and Yongchang. Every time the official department is elected, it is awarded to higher education with books.
Recommended by Su Weidao, he was promoted to Chang 'an County Commandant, and later transferred to Prince Literature.
Calligraphy Art of Yanshi Family Temple Monument
First, The Monument to Yan's Family Temple is the representative work of Yan Zhenqing in his later years (72 years old).
The ancients evaluated Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy in his later years with ten characteristics: first, simplicity; second, depression; third, generosity; fourth, vigor; fifth, solemnity; sixth, silence; seventh, calmness; eighth, brightness; ninth, youth and alcohol.
It can be said that people and books are ancient, solemn, thick and mellow.
Second, the connotation is rich and beautiful, and the ingenuity is ingenious.
With the brush of seal script, you can stretch with the edge and dexterity, and the brushwork is vigorous and Gu Zhuo.
There is a majestic atmosphere between stippling, and there is a majestic atmosphere between the lines.
Tang people commented: "Jing Qing pressed the sword, Fan Kuai held the shield, King Kong glared, and Lux punched." "Yan's Temple Monument" is ancient and heavy, and the calligraphy has reached the state of perfection.
Thirdly, since the Song Dynasty, there have been many comments on the tablet of Yanjia Temple, including comments on calligraphy, explanations and comments on the preservation of the tablet and the contents of the inscription.
Its historical value is also worthy of attention.
Song re-recorded the comments after the tablet: "Yan Zhenqing Lishu (the name of Tang Shikai's book) and Li Gu's seal are both wonderful, and those who are good at ancient times are as important as pearls. Since the chaos in the Tang Dynasty, its monument has stood in the dust of the countryside. What is even more worrying is that the years have been deeply destroyed by the shepherd boy and the woodcutter, and the last loser has an impromptu attack by Li Yan, the Confucius official of Jingshi College. It's nice that this is an old liberal gentleman. He specially told Langzhong to move into the government city and stand in the temple of Wenxuan King, a saint. It shows that many people will live forever. He ordered Master Meng Ying of Nanyue to write a pen and a secretary, which is peaceful.
Song Zhu and Wen Chang's evaluation of "Continued Book Break": "Yan Jia Temple Monument is solemn and honest, and I see its dedication to the family."
Comments on Wang Shizhen's Yizhou Mountain Man Draft in the Ming Dynasty: "The knot method is like the portrait of the East, but the single stone is perfect and less incomplete, showing the edge of the wind, the wonderful pen is injected, vigorous and straight, and the brushwork is faint and heavy." Guo, Zhang Suiyang, Pingyuan and Changshan are the only people who helped An Shi in Tianbao. The reason why the tablet is heavy is that it is better to write it alone! I once commented on Yan's "Monument to the Family Temple", and thought that those who had a jade body in the Li Dynasty were elegant and graceful, and the real calligrapher was the treasure, and his writing was particularly detailed and elegant than his life. After Yan Zhiyan, people are also treasures of the family. "
The Ming Dynasty's "Cangrunxuan Monument and Postscript" commented: "Lu Shilong has words, and the beauty of his writing is better than that of his ancestors. Therefore, the three generations of Yi wares were all built by the dutiful son Ci Sun for his grandfather, and there were monuments nearby. After this monument, there is a record of Li Yan's attack on August 29th, the seventh year of Taiping and Xingguo. Seventeen-character seal script was written by Meng Ying. The monument was built in the countryside, and it was said that the official moved to the city and stood in the Confucian temple, so it was recorded. If the descendants of Yan's husband can't stay, and the descendants are designed for immigrants, not only the honor of Yan's family can be valued, but also the calligraphy and painting can't be lost. However, Sun Si is the son of man. If you want to be immortal after a different life, think about it. "