What does four-body calligraphy mean?

"Four Books" refers to four fonts: Zheng, Cao, Li and Zhuan. The official books are Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Da Xiaozhuan, Lishu and today's regular script (including Wei Bei). Regular script, official script in different historical periods has different meanings. Today, it does not refer to official script, but to the characters used in Shisanxing, Yan, Mysterious Pagoda and other historical sites.

Lishu, also called Han Li, is a solemn font commonly used in Chinese characters. Its writing effect is slightly wide and flat, the horizontal painting is long and straight, and it is rectangular, paying attention to "silkworm head and goose tail" and "twists and turns". Lishu originated in the Qin Dynasty and was compiled by Cheng Miao. It reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which had a great influence on later calligraphy. Calligraphy is called "Tang Kai of Han Li".

Cursive script is a font of Chinese characters, which is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. Formed in the Han Dynasty, it evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. There are Cao Zhang, Cao Jin and Crazy Grass.

Seal script is a general term for Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Dazhuan and Xiaozhuan. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, 3000 years ago, is the earliest recognizable writing handed down, mainly used for divination. The brushwork is thin and powerful, with many straight lines. There are Fang Bi, round pen and sharp pen, and there are many "hanging needles" for writing. Big seal script refers to inscriptions on bronze inscriptions, bronzes and six-country scripts, which retain the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphics.