Cursive script of the word "海":
Cursive script can be divided into broad and narrow senses. In a broad sense, regardless of the era, any handwriting that is scrawled by oneself is considered cursive. In a narrow sense, it refers to a specific font. It was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. It is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes.
Cursive script is divided into Zhangcao and Jincao, and Jincao is divided into big grass and small grass. It feels beautiful in the madness.
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The development of cursive script:
The development of cursive script is divided into three stages: early cursive script, chapter cursive script and modern cursive script.
Early cursive script was a calligraphy style parallel to official script, called official script, which also mixed the form of seal script.
The early cursive script broke the rules of official script and was a hasty writing method. It's called "Zhangcao". Zhangcao is an elegant cursive style that combines early cursive script and Han official script. It has distinct waves, the strokes are connected in a "wave" shape, the characters are independent, the characters are all square, and the strokes are horizontal. Zhangcao was most popular during the Han and Wei dynasties. It was revived in the Yuan Dynasty and transformed into the Ming Dynasty.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhangcao became more "cursive", removing the traces of official script strokes, connecting the upper and lower characters, and simplifying the radicals and radicals, which is called "Jincao". Jincao is the evolution of Zhangcao with the ripples removed. The cursive style has been popular since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, Jincao was written more indulgently, with continuous strokes and strange glyphs. It was called "Kangcao", also known as Dacao.
Today, the aesthetic value of cursive writing exceeds its practical value. Cursive writing is the connecting of dots and dashes of words according to rules. The structure is simple and radicals are borrowed. It is not random writing at will.
The main feature of cursive script is that the strokes are connected with hooks, including left and right hooks and upper and lower hooks. The horizontal tendency of Lihua's brushwork provides the basis for the cursiveization of left and right hooks. Zhang Cao's brushwork uses the "one" shape, while Jincao's brushwork uses the "s" shape. This is the difference between the two. Indulgent brushwork and messy stippling are also called big grass or wild grass.
Reference material: Baidu Encyclopedia_cursive script