Ou Yangxun's calligraphy features are rigorous, neat, upright and vigorous. Although the font is a little longer, it is divided into white, neat and rigorous, and the main pen in the palace is tight, bold and unrestrained, exquisite in all directions, vivid and just right.

Ou Yangxun is not only a great calligrapher, but also a calligraphy theorist. He summed up eight methods of practicing and learning Chinese characters in his long-term calligraphy practice. Ou Yangxun's teaching strategy, pen theory and eight methods and thirty-six methods are all his own experiences in learning calligraphy.

Anecdotal allusions

Ou Yangxun is clever and diligent. He has read several lines at the same time. When he was a teenager, he was proficient in Historical Records, Hanshu, Dongguan Han Ji, especially calligraphy, almost to the point of obsession.

It is said that Ou Yangxun once rode out and happened to see a stone tablet written by Suo Jing, a famous calligrapher in Jin Dynasty. He rode on a horse and watched it carefully for a while before leaving, but just a few steps later, he couldn't help but return to dismount and watch. He boasted many times that he didn't want to leave, so he simply laid a blanket and sat down to ponder over it. Finally, he sat by the monument for three days before leaving.