Liǔ Gōngquán (柳公權, Events Charlemagne fights the Moors in Spain. Widukind returns to Saxony from Denmark. Births Deaths August 15 - Roland, Frankish commander, in the battle of Roncevaux Autpert Ambrose, monk and writer Categories: 778 ... 778 - Events Ethelred succeeds as king of Wessex (or 866). Ragnar Lodbrok invades England, but is defeated by king Ella of Northumbria A Russian expedition for the first time threatens Constantinople. Louis the German divides his kingdom among his sons. Lothair, threatened with excommunication, takes back his first wife, Harald Harfagre... 865), was a When used as an adjective, Chinese refers to anything that originates from China, , Chinese cuisine. When the word is used as a noun, it means one of the following: the Chinese language, either in general or specifically Chinese written language, Chinese spoken languages or Standard Mandarin; Chinese people: a person... Chinese Calligraphy in a Latin Bible of 1407 AD on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand written in Belgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud in a monastery. Calligraphy (from Greek καλλι calli beauty + γραφος graphos writing) is... calligrapher who stood with Yan Zhenqing as the two great masters of late Tang has several possible meanings: Tang, a brand name of instant orange flavored drink, 1950s - present a projecting element connecting a knife or sword blade to the handle Tang Dynasty of China Tang, a ruler of Chinas Shang dynasty transliteration of Chinese family names 唐,湯,鄧,邓,滕... Tang calligraphy.

A minister like Yan of the Tang dynasty, Liu was a native of Not to be confused with the neighboring province of Shanxi Shaanxi (Simplified Chinese: 陕西; Traditional Chinese: 陝西; pinyin: Shǎnxī; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shensi, pronounced like Shahn-shee) is a northwestern province of the Peoples Republic of China, and includes portions... Shaanxi province, a devout Buddhist and follower of Yan's style of writing. Like him an expert of the Calligraphy in the Kaishu style The Regular Script, or in Chinese Kaishu (楷書 Pinyin: kǎishū) and Japanese Kaisho, also commonly known as Standard Regular (正楷), is the newest of the Chinese calligraphy style (peaked at the 7th century), hence most common in modern writings and... Regular Script (kaishu), Liu's works were imitated for centuries after and he is often referred in unison with his famed predecessor as "Yan-Liu".