Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Calligrapher and Teacher

Yang Xin 羊欣

Yáng Xīn

Attested AD 400 - AD 442

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yang Xin was a Calligrapher and Teacher.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 400 to AD 442 羊欣
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 154, 168

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liu-song · Relation Active in
Strongly inferred · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 168

Learning and skills

Skill running script 行書 · Level excellent
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 168
Skill regular script 正書 · Level not renowned
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 168

Events and relationships

Relation Teacher of · Person Fan Ye (范曅)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 171
Relation Student of · Person Wang Xianzhi (王子敬)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passages 168, 170
Relation Teacher of · Person Xiao Sihua (蕭思話)
Directly stated · Book of Southern Qi 33, passage 171

References in the histories

Book of Southern Qi, Chapter 33Volume 33 Biographies 14: Wang Sengqian, Zhang Xu · 6 passages

其論書曰：「宋文帝書，自云可比王子敬，時議者云『天然勝羊欣，功夫少於欣』。 In his discourse on calligraphy he wrote: "Emperor Wen of Song claimed his hand could stand beside Wang Zijing's; men of the time said, "By native gift he outdoes Yang Xin, yet in practiced craft he trails Xin."

羊欣書見重一時，親受子敬，行書尤善，正乃不稱名。 Yang Xin's hand was honored for a season; he studied face to face with Zijing; in running script he shone, yet in regular script he never won a name.

孔琳之書天然放縱，極有筆力，規矩恐在羊欣後。 Kong Linzhi wrote with native abandon and fearsome stroke; in measure and rule he likely stood behind Yang Xin.

丘道護與羊欣俱面受子敬，故當在欣後。 Qiu Daohu and Yang Xin both sat before Zijing in person; Daohu therefore belongs after Xin.

范曅與蕭思話同師羊欣，後小叛，旣失故步，爲復小有意耳。 Fan Ye and Xiao Sihua shared Yang Xin as teacher; later Ye slipped a little from the path, lost his old step, and kept only a trace of purpose.

蕭思話書，羊欣之影，風流趣好，殆當不減，筆力恨弱。 Xiao Sihua's hand is Yang Xin's shadow: in ease and taste he nearly does not fall short, yet his stroke power is painfully thin.