What are the characteristics of official script, regular script, cursive script and running script?

Cursive script is characterized by keeping the outline of words, breaking the rules of officials, rushing quickly and escaping quickly, so it is called cursive script because of its original meaning.

Running script is a writing style between regular script and cursive script. Writing is more unrestrained and fluent, close to cursive. The writing is relatively correct and stable, close to regular script.

Regular script is also called official script, or real book. Its characteristics are: square shape, straight strokes, can be used as a model, hence the name.

Official script is a common solemn font in Chinese characters, with a slightly flat writing effect, long horizontal drawing and short straight drawing, and pays attention to "swallow tail of silkworm head" and "twists and turns". Official script is flat, neat and exquisite. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, stippling such as skimming was beautified as upward provocation, with different degrees of severity and artistic beauty of calligraphy.

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Calligraphy is an artistic expression of the unique beauty of words in China and neighboring countries and regions deeply influenced by China culture.

Calligraphy in a broad sense refers to the writing rules of characters and symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to writing with its brushwork, structure and composition according to the characteristics and significance of words, making it a beautiful work of art. China's calligraphy is an original performance art of the Han nationality, which is known as: poetry without words, wireless dance; Paintings without pictures, silent music, etc.

There are five main calligraphy styles in China, namely, seal script (including big seal script and small seal script), regular script (including He Jinli), official script (including regular script and regular script), running script (including running script and cursive script) and cursive script (including,, big grass and standard cursive script).

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Baidu encyclopedia calligraphy