Seal script, one of the ancient Chinese characters, also known as seal script, is a general term for ancient Chinese characters. "Seal makers spread it, spread its physics, and apply it endlessly." The ancients thought that seal script was written by Cang Xie, but this is not credible. The generation of a kind of writing needs a long development process, and it is impossible for a person to complete it in a short time.
Broadly speaking, seal script includes all the characters before official script and their extended genera, such as bronze inscriptions, Shi Guwen, ancient prose of Six Kingdoms, small seal script, Miao seal script, overlapping seal script and so on. In a narrow sense, it mainly refers to Da Zhuan and Xiao Zhuan. The font of seal script is round and the structure conforms to the meaning of six books, so Sun said in the Tang Dynasty, "Seal script is graceful and smooth".
During the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, the inscriptions carved on Zhongding Yi wares, namely the inscriptions on bronze inscriptions, also known as Zhong Dingwen, were widely popular. After the unification of Qin Shihuang, it was collectively called Xiao Zhuan, also known as Qin Zhuan. The so-called seal script is actually an official script. It is a standardized common font for official documents. According to the literature. Before the Qin Dynasty, Chinese characters had no special names.
Seal script evolved from Qin characters in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Because this is the official book. Small seal is only suitable for grand occasions. Such as remembering merits and carving stones. Uncle's imperial edict. Soldiers and tigers. The fonts of standard seal script are arranged neatly. This pen is round and round. These lines are long and even. Presenting a solemn and beautiful style.