欧阳询善书,其子欧阳通也工书,世有“大欧”、“小欧”之称。著名的父子书家,前有东晋羲献父子,人称“大王”、“小王”;后有宋朝元章、元晖父子,人称“大米”、“小米”。欧阳通少时丧父,其母徐氏守寡抚孤,调教有方,小欧终成大器。《旧唐书·欧阳通传》记载:“少孤,母徐氏教其父书。每遣通钱,绐曰:‘质汝父书迹之质。’通慕名 Ouyang inquiry good books, the son of Ouyang Tong also book, the world ”big Europe “, ”small Europe “ said. The famous father and son book home, former East Jinxi Xi and his son, known as ”king “, ”Wang “; after Song Yuan Yuan Zhang, Yuan Hui father and son, called ”rice “, ”millet “. Ouyang pass a small when the father died, his mother, widowed Fool around, disciplined, small Europe eventually become amplifier. ”Old Tang Ouyang Biography“ records: ”less solitary, mother Tsui’s teach his father’s book. Each sent to the money, said: ’quality of the quality of your father’s handwriting.’