Cursive script is a font of Chinese characters, which can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. In a broad sense, regardless of the age, all scribbled words are regarded as cursive. Narrow sense, that is, as a specific font, was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script in order to write simply.
The cursive script is divided into Cao Zhang and today's grass, and today's grass is divided into big grass (also called wild grass) and small grass.
1, Cao Zhang, is a calligraphy style evolved from seal script to official script. It belongs to a link in the process from the embryonic stage to the standardization of cursive script. Zhang Huaiguan in Tang Dynasty called it "the victory of official script", which evolved from the simple writing of official script. It is a cursive script of official script or a combination of official script and cursive script. It can also be said that Cao Zhang is a script with official script.
2. Today's grass is also called "grass", a kind of cursive script, which started at the end of the Han Dynasty and is an innovation of Cao Zhang. According to historical records, this grass was created by Zhang Zhi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the world called Zhang Zhi "the sage of grass". By Wang Xizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he had learned from others, especially Seventeen Posts, which was the representative work of cursive scripts in previous dynasties. Wang Xizhi's son, Zhi Yong of Sui Dynasty, Sun, Zhang Xu and Huai Su of Tang Dynasty were all cursive masters. Among them, Zhang Xu and Huai Su are particularly famous for their personalities (commonly known as "getting drunk"), which have a great influence on later generations.
Wild grass is one of the most indulgent cursive scripts. Lian Bi strokes turn round, and the fonts are wild and changeable. On the basis of this grass, it will be written one after another to form a "book", which is in the same strain as this grass in composition.