In fact, the running script originated very early, and Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting is regarded as the best running script in the world.
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Calligraphy is a unique art in China, the earliest ancient writing materials in China, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions in the middle and late Shang Dynasty. The preface to Shuo Wen Jie Zi says: "Shu Qin has eight styles, namely, big seal, small seal, seal cutting, insect book, copy, official book and official book." It basically summarizes the face of the font at this time.
oracle bone script
Ancient bronze inscriptions
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were great differences in languages among countries, which was a major obstacle to economic and cultural development. Qin Shihuang unified the world and unified the national characters. After the unification of Qin Dynasty, these characters were called Xiao Zhuan, which was based on Jin Wen and Shi Guwen.
. The preface to Shuo Wen Jie Zi says: "Shu Qin has eight styles, namely, big seal, small seal, seal cutting, insect book, copy, official book and official book." It basically summarizes the face of the font at this time.
Seal character
Taishan Stone Carving (seal script)
Wei and Jin dynasties were a generation of "seal Cao", all of which were perfect. Han Li finalized the basic form of square Chinese characters. Regular script was conceived in the performance of official script, while running script and cursive script sprouted at the same time as official script. Regular script, running script and cursive script were shaped in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Wei and Jin Dynasties brought up two great calligraphers-Zhong You and Wang Xizhi. They opened a new page in the history of China's calligraphy development. It sets an example of the beauty of real books, running scripts and cursive scripts. Since then, in various dynasties, even in Japan in the East, scholars have always preferred sons to daughters.
Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection
Zhong You's Recommended Quarterly Straight Table (in figures)
Wang Xianzhi Duck Head Pill Tie (cursive)
Wang Xun Yuan Bo Post (Running Script)
Calligraphy in the Southern Dynasties inherited the ethos of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Calligraphers in the Northern and Southern Dynasties are full of stars, and anonymous calligraphers are the mainstream. Wei Bei was the best calligrapher in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Weibei is the general name of inscription calligraphy in the Northern Wei and Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it is the transitional period from official script in Han Dynasty to regular script in Tang Dynasty.
Zhiyong Thousand-character Writing (Regular Script)
Zhangmenglong Monument (Weibei)
Li Shu appeared in Han Dynasty, which was characterized by a swallowtail-shaped silkworm head, which made Chinese characters tend to be square and broke through a single center in brushwork, laying the foundation for various calligraphy schools in the future.
Cao Quanbei (Lishu)
Zhang Qianbei
The establishment of the Tang Dynasty ended nearly 300 years of turmoil since the Western Jin Dynasty. The culture of the Tang Dynasty was profound and brilliant, reaching the peak of feudal culture in China, which can be described as "books flourished in the early Tang Dynasty". There were more ink marks in the Tang Dynasty than in the previous generation, and a large number of inscriptions left precious calligraphy works.
Yan Zhenqing Yanqin Libei (Yan Kai)
Liu Gongquan Mysterious Tower Monument (Liu Kai)
Ou Yangxun Jiuchenggong Li Quanming (Ou Kai)
Zhang Xu Abdominal Pain Sticker (cursive)
Autobiography of Huai Su (Mad Grass)
Preface to The Sermon of Chu Suiliang Yanta (Regular Script)
Although the calligraphy art of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms has continued from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the present, it has formed a general trend of decline. When Su Shi commented on the calligraphy of the Five Dynasties, he once said: "Since Liu Yan's family was absent, the brushwork declined, and there was chaos at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the words were withered, and the literary talent was romantic, sweeping the floor." Unique style, outstanding calligraphy, Yan and Liu "two kings." This is really a hero of the book, not lost by the times. "
Yang Ningshi Jiuhua Post (Running Script)
Yanshifa Bookstore (Kuangcao)
Calligraphy developed slowly in Song Dynasty. , Song Taizong people, pay attention to calligraphy, bought Mo Bao, a famous minister of the ancient emperor Wang, and ordered to copy the banned books, a total of ten volumes. This is the post of Chunhua Pavilion. "Every minister who goes to the second palace will get a gift." Half of the posts are the works of "Two Kings". Therefore, calligraphy in the early Song Dynasty belonged to the "two kings". The same is true of kings. Song people are far inferior to Tang people. Therefore, some critics believe that when calligraphy is popular, it will decline.
Huang Tingjian Songfengge (Running Script)
Evonne Thousand Characters (Running Script)
Su Shi's Post of Dark Clouds in the Sky (Running Script)
Mi Shu Fei Cycas (Running Script)
At the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, there was little economic and cultural development, and the overall situation of calligraphy was advocating retro, patriarchal clan system in Jin and Tang Dynasties, and less innovation. Throughout the Yuan Dynasty calligraphy, its great achievements are still in the real cursive script. As for turning profits, although there are several famous artists, they are not very good. This kind of calligraphy with truth, line and cursive script as the mainstream didn't change until the Qing Dynasty. There was a style of calligraphy in Yuan Dynasty, which still prevailed in calligraphy from Song Dynasty to Tang Zongjin. Although they have their own merits, they can't stand as a family in calligraphy. Compared with literature, painting and other arts, it is far from successful.
Zhao Mengfu Ji An Biography (Running Script)
Tang Dynasty cursive script (running script)
Li Kang Kuicao Script (cursive script)
Lu Ye Chucai wrote poems with his own book (regular script).
After the Ming Dynasty made Beijing its capital, it began to govern culture, attract scholars from all directions, enrich the imperial court and write imperial essays. Scholar-officials in the ruling and opposition circles attached great importance to calligraphy, and they all liked elegant regular script and running script, which almost completely inherited Zhao Mengfu's style. Throughout the Ming Dynasty, the calligraphy style was mostly running script. During the years of Yongle and Zheng Tong, Yang Rong and Yang Pu successively entered imperial academy and Wen Yuan Pavilion and wrote a large number of inscriptions, which were called "Kuochang Style" or "Taige Style". Scholars compete to imitate calligraphy in order to make a fortune, which makes calligraphy lose its artistic interest and personal style.
Dong Qichang Cursive Song Ci Volume (Running Script)
Wen Zhiming's Seven-character Poem Axis (Running Script)
Zhu Yunming's Quotations (cursive)
Seven Rhymes of Tang Yin's Running Script: (Running Script)