Few people can know cursive script now, so why write cursive script?

It is a fact that most people don't know cursive script now, but why do people still learn and write cursive script? Let's learn cursive script first. The cursive script was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved from the official script for simplicity. Its characteristics are simple structure and smooth and continuous strokes. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" says: "There are cursive scripts in Han Xing". The cursive script began in the early Han dynasty, and its characteristics are: keeping the outline of characters, damaging the official rules, rushing away and rushing away quickly. Because of the meaning of grass, it is called cursive script. It is also recorded in Historical Records, starting with the font of the draft.

In order to give full play to the role of sketching, scribbling is omitted, and it is naturally impossible to write neatly. As the name implies, it is cursive. I prefer the records in Historical Records. The cursive script was originally produced for shorthand. For example, officials in charge of records, such as bookkeepers and assistant ministers, can't return a neat record when the boss speaks. Writing is too slow and inefficient. What a sin it would be if there were omissions.

Today, the artistic value of cursive script far exceeds its practical value. So where is the beauty of cursive script? Later, people explained that "cursive script is in a hurry" and said that cursive script had no time to organize ideas. This is entirely from the understanding of cursive script in later generations. By the Song Dynasty, regular script had become the only way for people to learn calligraphy.

In addition, people can only learn cursive script from rubbings such as Seventeen Posts. Except for a few people, all cursive scripts in the world are just empty shells, and the rhythm is completely wrong. Even if we spend less time with pens now, we can't write as good articles as the ancients, but there must be a boundary and a bottom line between beauty and ugliness.