What historical changes have Chinese characters experienced since ancient times?

Chinese characters have experienced the historical changes of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, seal script, official script, cursive script, regular script and running script since ancient times. As can be seen from here, our ancient writing in China has a very long history. Among the numerous scripts in the world, China's scripts have undergone many changes, thus forming our unique China script culture. Different characters have their own characteristics and meanings, which attracts many scientists to study them. At the same time, it is very helpful for us to understand the history of a certain dynasty. So our Chinese characters are not only impressive, but also practical.

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is a chronicle of Shang Dynasty, which is mainly found in the bones or tortoise shells of some wild animals, so it has to be named Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Later than Oracle Bone Inscriptions, it is called Jinwen, which can be written in Zhong Ding. So Jin Wen also has a name called Zhong Dingwen. Archaeologists found it on many unearthed bronzes.

After the Qin dynasty unified the whole country, Xiao Zhuan was used, and the implementation of this kind of writing was mainly in the charge of Prime Minister Li Si. Moreover, the Qin Dynasty unified the writing form of Chinese characters on the basis of using the big seal script, so the small drill was also an important process for us to standardize the writing style for the first time in China. In order to make writing more convenient, official script evolved on the basis of being handed down from generation to generation.

Regular script font belongs to that kind of dignified and neat, probably formed in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and matured in Wei and Jin Dynasties. It has a compact structure, smooth momentum and beautiful appearance. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the running script also began to become a popular writing, and the representative figure was Wang Xizhi.