The Tang Dynasty was a prosperous period of China’s calligraphy culture. Not only did many famous calligraphers emerge, but also many calligraphy families were formed. The formation of a calligraphic family in the Tang Dynasty is closely related to the background of the times when calligraphy was written by hand, and to the social environment in which calligraphy was still good in the Tang Dynasty. Calligraphy is a family science that the gentry in the Tang Dynasty generally paid attention to, and it became the basic requirement for the gentry to maintain a good family style. The calligraphic family during the Tang Dynasty was the result of the gentry maintaining their family learning and family style, and it was the most prosperous in the early Tang Dynasty. In the middle and late Tang dynasty, with the decline of nobility, the family style was abandoned and the family learning was scattered, and the calligraphy family gradually declined. Calligraphy families in the Tang Dynasty played a relay role in the inheritance of brushwork. They made positive contributions to the protection and collection of famous calligraphy books, and they also left a large number of exquisite epitaphs for later generations, which are worthy of our indepth study.

calligraphy of the Tang Dynasty; aristocratic family; gentry; learning handed down in a family；culture continuity