The history of China's calligraphy is consistent with the development of Chinese characters.

1. The history of China's calligraphy is consistent with that of Chinese characters, which have a history of five or six thousand years. The earliest recognizable characters are Oracle Bone Inscriptions carved on tortoise shell bones, then Shi Guwen carved on drum-shaped stones, then bronze inscriptions, and later collectively known as Da Zhuan.

2. In 22 1 year BC, the Qin Dynasty was established, and Li Si led the unified writing, which was called Qin Zhuan in history, also known as Xiao Zhuan.

3. Later, the famous Cheng Miao created official script on the basis of Xiao Zhuan. History is called Qin Li.

4. In 206 BC, the Han Dynasty was established, and the official script was valued by the emperors and developed into a mature official script, known as Han Li in history. Chinese characters changed from seal script to official script. Since then, Chinese characters have not changed much, which is called official script change in history.

5. Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were the pinnacle of calligraphy art, and the Jin Dynasty was represented by Wang Xizhi, with 198 calligraphers.

6. The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the heyday of calligraphy, and Tang Kai was represented by Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan.

7. Song Sijia, an innovative running script, appeared in the Song Dynasty, namely Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang.

8. Zhao Ti in the Yuan Dynasty and Europe, Yan and Liu in the Tang Dynasty were called the four masters of regular script.

9. There are many calligraphers in Ming and Qing Dynasties, and their calligraphy styles have developed.