From ancient times to the present, there are about six kinds of composition:
1, containing rows and columns:
This kind of composition is relative in both vertical (row) and horizontal (column), and it is easy to arrange troops. This form of composition has existed in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and it was also arranged in Ji Guo, Bai Zi and Pan Ming in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and was later used in stone tablets. This composition is conducive to the standardization of the whole, but the disadvantage is that it is easy to be flexible. Therefore, we should pay attention to the expression echo between words, posture pitch (qi) and pen connection, so that the whole article is divided and combined.
2. There are lines without columns:
This kind of composition can make writing on a line freely, regardless of whether the horizontal (column) is relative or not, but it can still be clear as a whole because of maintaining the line spacing, which can be said to be a perfect combination of neatness and randomness, so this kind of composition is also the most common in practice. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, seal script, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script all use it. This column-free line is particularly important for the expression of qi.
3. No rows and columns:
Famous aphorisms, plaques or banners with more words are generally written in a single line, usually from right to left.
4. No rows and columns:
This kind of composition is more common in the big grass or the wild school of calligraphy. Actually, there are lines. Due to the emphasis on emotional catharsis and the indulgence of line insertion, the strict distinction between lines disappears, and the whole work constitutes a line stream without lines and columns. The works of Huai Suo in Tang Dynasty, Xu Wei and Zhan Jingfeng in Ming Dynasty are the most common.
5. Single character type:
This is the unique style of China's calligraphy. The word "pass vice" is often used as a motto or an inscription, or as an appreciation of a book. There are no more words in the unique font as mutual remedies, so to make a word a work, besides the word itself, the coordination of font and paper type is very important, and the position and form of the inscription can't be relaxed naturally.
6. Couplets:
Couplets, also known as couplets, originated from Mencius, a famous scholar in Shu after the Five Dynasties. The inscription "Happy New Year, Happy New Year, Changchun" was sung on half of the peach symbol at the door of the dormitory. In the Song Dynasty, this form extended to playing bamboo. Literally speaking, there is no limit to the number of words, but the left and right banners must be consistent in composition and system. It is also a traditional calligraphy style.
There are two main types of calligraphy seals: masterpiece seals and leisure seals. The leisure chapter has an introductory chapter, and the position of the corner pressing chapter is relatively fixed. Leisure chapters are used to fill gaps according to the needs of works, and their positions are relatively free, but they are rarely printed in the text except for the nature of collection.