Ouyang Xun (557-641), courtesy name Xinben, Han nationality, was born in Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan) during the Tang Dynasty. He was a famous calligrapher and official in the Tang Dynasty, one of the four masters of regular script, and the grandson of Ouyang Ji, the general of Nanliang Zhengnan. , the son of Southern Chen Zuowei General Ouyang He, was born in Hengzhou (now Hengyang, Hunan) in the second year of Taiping in Liang Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty (557 AD), and his ancestral home is Linxiang, Tanzhou (now Changsha, Hunan).
Ouyang Xun, together with his contemporaries Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji, were called the Four Great Masters of the Early Tang Dynasty. Because his son Ouyang Tong was also good at calligraphy, he was also called "Da Ou". Both he and Yu Shinan were famous for their calligraphy in the early Tang Dynasty, and they were both called "European Yu". Later generations used their calligraphy to find danger in the ordinary and most convenient for beginners, so they called it "European style".
His representative works in regular script include "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Inscription", "Huangfu's Birthday Stele", and "Huadu Temple Stele", and in running script include "Zhongni Meng's Laying Ceremony" and "Thousand-Character Essay in Running Script". He has unique insights into calligraphy and has written calligraphy treatises such as "Eight Secrets", "Teaching Secrets", "On Using the Brush" and "Thirty-Six Methods". The "Inscription on the Relics of Zen Master Huadu Siyi", "The Monument of Yu Gonggong Wen Yanbo", and "The Monument of Huangfu's Birthday" are known as "the first regular script in the Tang Dynasty".
Ouyang Xun, Tang Dynasty, Xiaokai "Yin Fu Jing"
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Yellow Emperor's Yin Fu Jing. The way of observing the sky and the journey of holding on to the sky have been completed. There are five thieves in heaven, and those who see them will prosper. The five thieves are in the heart, and their execution is in the sky. The universe is in the hands, and all things are born in the body. Nature refers to people; human heart refers to the mechanism; the way of heaven is established to determine people. Heaven sends murderous intentions, and the stars move; the earth sends murderous intentions, and dragons and snakes rise from the ground; humans send murderous intentions, and heaven and earth repeat themselves; heaven and man unite, and everything is established. Nature is clever and can be hidden. The evil of the nine orifices lies in the three essentials. Can move. If fire is born in wood, disaster will be overcome; if treachery is born in the country, it will be destroyed in time; if you know how to practice it, you are called a saint. All things in heaven and earth are stolen; all things are stolen by man; all things are stolen by man. The three thieves are both suitable and the three talents are safe. Therefore, it is said: If you eat at the right time, everything will be in order; if you use its mechanism, everything will be at peace. People know that their gods are gods, but they don’t know the reason why they are not gods. The sun and the moon are numbered, the size is determined, the divine power is generated, and the gods are revealed. Everyone in the world can see and know about his stolen machine. A gentleman will have a firm bow, while a villain will have a light life. The blind person is good at hearing, and the deaf person is good at seeing. With one source of absolute profit, we can use our troops ten times; if we defeat day and night three times, we can use our troops ten thousand times. The heart is born from things and dies from things. The mechanism lies in the eyes. Heaven is not kind but it is kind. Thunder and strong wind are all stupid. The most joyful nature, the most peaceful one is honest. Heaven is supremely private, and its use is supremely public. The control of fate lies in Qi. The dead are the root of life, and the living are the root of death. Grace is born from harm, and harm is born from grace. Fools regard heaven and earth, culture and science as sages, I regard time, objects, culture and philosophy as sages. Yellow Emperor's Yin Fu Jing. On April 27, the sixth year of Zhenguan, Ouyang was ordered to inquire about the book.
