It is said that in the Preface to Shangshu written by Kong Anguo in the Western Han Dynasty, the ancient books discovered by Kong Bi were obtained. Because people at that time could not understand ancient books, they decided to publish a new book based on Shangshu handed down in the early Han Dynasty.
Later, some people called it "Guli Ding", which used Li Shu's style to write the shapes of ancient Chinese characters. In modern times, people call ancient Chinese characters written by modern writing methods Li Ding.
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Li Ding's objects are mainly all kinds of figures in the pre-Qin period, including the image forms of different carriers. As an intermediate link of ancient textual research in China, Li Ding has different levels.
In addition to the complexity of the form and use of the text, Li Ding often produces two or more results. In fact, most of the different interpretations of the same text in printed reference books are based on Li Ding.
In addition, it is also because of carelessness and inaccurate word formation. In today's information age, the research and application of ancient Chinese characters are looking forward to the realization of computer text retrieval, and it is imperative to standardize the words used in reference books, which puts new demands on Li Ding.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Ding