How did Xiao Zhuan evolve?

Qin Xiaozhuan

After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he implemented a series of reforms. Among them, unifying Chinese characters is a very important policy. This kind of calligraphy inherits the inscriptions and stone inscriptions of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and Qin State, and will be integrated with the calligraphy styles of various places. It is the first unified font in China and the key to change the history of books. Qin Wen is a kind of calligraphy developed on the basis of Jin Wen and Wen Shu (Da Zhuan), so Qin Wen is also called "Qin Zhuan" and later called "Xiao Zhuan" to distinguish it from Da Zhuan. In the Qin dynasty, there were few traces of seal script preserved in stone carvings, among which the monument erected by Qin Shihuang was the most important, while the original stones and rubbings of Langxietai and Taishan Mountain were the most visible. Some words engraved on the weights and measures of the Qin Dynasty reflect the natural and simple style.

(Langyatai stone carving was erected during Qin Shihuang's twenty-eight-year tour of the world, and he went to the south to praise Qin De. The original stone of the Sea Temple in Zhucheng, Shandong Province still exists, but the first emperor's ode poems and ministers' names have been stripped off, leaving 13 lines of official names and letters left by the two emperors. Regular script is a typical seal script, which is mainly curved green, with rectangular font and uniform thickness, showing a graceful style. (Qin Xiang Reese, author of Taishan Stone Carvings (? ? 208 BC), is the first recorded calligrapher in the history of calligraphy in China. The calligraphy style of Taishan stone carvings is the standard font after Qin unification, Xiao Zhuan. Rectangular, the lines are round and smooth, and the density is even, giving people a sense of dignity and stability. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Sheng praised Li Si's Biography: "Painting is like a stone, words are like flying", "Bones are rich and smooth, and Fiona Fang is wonderful". It is generally believed that all the stone carvings in Qin Dynasty were written by Li Si, who is regarded as a contemporary calligrapher and linguist. Li Si, a bronze drum, was a Cai native in Qin Dynasty and was good at seal cutting. Later generations called his seal script Xiao Zhuan Yipin. )

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