(1) Decompose the circular and connected strokes of seal script into several different straight strokes.
(2) Convert the same radicals in seal script into different writing methods in different positions.
(3) Combine different parts of the seal script into the same radicals.
①The individual parts of the seal script are merged into the same radicals.
②Multiple components of seal script are merged into the same radical.
(4) Consolidate the complex strokes of seal script into simple strokes.
(5) Omit some of the complicated glyphs in seal script.
The ancient official script was formed on the basis of the Qin seal script cursive style at the end of the Warring States Period. Han Li was formed on the basis of ancient Li. The former also has more structural features of seal script, while the latter is more organized. The brushwork is almost completely separated from the seal style, and gradually forms a wave-like style. The so-called "wave potential" and "picking method" refer to long horizontal strokes, first slightly paused to the left, then slightly wavy to the right, and when closing the pen, there is a foot tap and a slight upward stroke. When writing and closing the stroke, lift it slightly upward. The entire font gradually changes from slightly rectangular to slightly flat square. The emergence of this kind of writing style shows that official script has evolved from ancient official script to Han official script, and official script has matured. This development was completed by the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The transition from small seal script to official script is the biggest change in fonts, and it is the turning point from ancient characters to modern characters. The reason is that the glyph structure of Xiaozhuan is broken, the pictographic meaning is weak, and the symbolism is strengthened. The rounded strokes of Xiaozhuan generally change into square folds and horizontal, left, and back strokes in official script. Xiaozhuan became official script, and the basic pattern of modern writing strokes was formed.
Li Bian: refers to the evolution of seal script into official script. This is the biggest and most important change in the history of the development of Chinese characters, and a turning point in ancient and modern writing. The Libian Reform brought Chinese characters to an end of the ancient writing stage marked by pictographic lines, and into the modern stage of Li Kaikai writing marked by strokes. This stage continues until now.
1) Decompose the circular and connected strokes of the seal script into several straight strokes.
2) Convert the same radicals in seal script into different writing methods in different positions.
3) Combine single or multiple different components of seal script into the same radical.
4) Consolidate the complex strokes of seal script into simple strokes.
Small seal script: Used to distinguish it from the large seal script, referring to the same script used by Qin Shihuang's calligraphy and promoted to the whole country. It is the standard font of the Qin Dynasty.
Xiaozhuan is a font of the Qin Dynasty that inherited the bronze inscriptions of the late Western Zhou Dynasty. The main similarities between the two are: the shape is regular and symmetrical, the strokes are smooth and smooth, and the degree of pictography is constantly decreasing.
Xiaozhuan is also the result of Li Si and others compiling the Qin characters in the "Cangjie Pian".