The Calligrapher — Yán Zhēnqīng 颜真卿
Tang master of robust regular script; co-creator of the enduring 'Yan style'.
Tang calligrapher (709–784), master of regular script/running script — the Tang moral paragon whose upright, muscular regular script became the model of Chinese integrity in writing. Tang dynasty
Cultural Story
俺 is the northern "I". The 水浒传 puts 俺 in the mouth of the blunt hero who says 俺们 and means his band. To write 俺 is to hear the plain speech of the north, the first person without polish. The character carries the voice of the road and the camp.
Common words & phrases
- 俺们 we · us
Read the story behind the character
A farmer says 俺们 will finish the harvest by noon; the dialect clip uses 俺 for a plain "I". The word stays in the northern villages and in the period film. First person, single or plural, without polish — this character still carries the unhurried voice of the countryside and the old soldier on screen.
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