The four styles of Chinese calligraphy refer to "Zheng, Cao, Li and Zhuan". ?
Calligraphy is a unique traditional culture and art in China. It is the crystallization of the wisdom and creativity of the working people of our country. It was first recorded in the form of pictures. After thousands of years of development, it finally evolved into today's calligraphy. Because our ancestors invented writing with a brush, calligraphy was derived from it. From ancient times to the present, Chinese characters are mostly written with a brush. Although other writing forms also appeared in the later period, such as hard-pen calligraphy, finger calligraphy, etc., but they Compared with the writing rules of calligraphy, it is also more comprehensive. ?
Chinese calligraphy is customarily divided into four styles: regular script, cursive script, official script, and seal script. The formal script here refers not only to regular script, but also to Wei stele;
Cursive script refers to Kuangcao, represented by Zhang Xu, Huaisu, etc., also refers to Dacao, and also includes Xiaocao, a cursive script that is more standardized than Kuangcao, represented by "Shupu" written by Sun Guoting of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, there is also a kind of official script. Urgent writing is called Zhangcao, and those between cursive and straight scripts are called running script;
The official script was produced in the late Qin and early Han Dynasties. It was mainly used for copying official documents at first, which is concise and convenient, and later it also began to be used for writing. Stele inscriptions and cliff stone inscriptions; seal script is the general term for oracle bones, bells and tripods, stone drums and small seal scripts.
Representatives of regular script are Ouyang Xun's "Jiucheng Palace Liquan Ming", Yan Zhenqing's "Magu Immortal Altar", and Liu Gongquan's "Shence Army Stele"
Representatives of Wei Stele As the "Stele of Zheng Wenzhenggong"
In addition to the above, there are also the "Seventeen Tie" written by Wang Xizhi, the works of Huang Tingjian and Mi Fu in the Song Dynasty, Wen Zhengming, Zhu Yunming, Zhang Ruitu and Wang Duo in the Ming Dynasty. , Xu Wei and other calligraphers' works.
Representatives of running script are Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection", Yan Zhenqing's "Manuscript for Nephew's Worship", and the works of calligraphers such as Su Dongpo and Mi Fu.
Representatives of official script include the "Liuqi Stele", "Cao Quan Stele" and "Zhang Qian Stele". During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were also some accomplished calligraphers such as Jin Nong and Yi. Bingshou, He Shaoji, etc.