The evolution process of Shan characters is as follows:
After more than 6,000 years of changes, the evolution process of Chinese characters is: Oracle → Bronze Inscriptions → Seal Script → Official Script → Regular Script → Running Script → Cursive Script.
Oracle bone inscriptions are the oldest and most complete text among the ancient texts discovered in China. It is considered an early form of modern Chinese characters and is sometimes considered one of the calligraphy styles of Chinese characters. It is also the oldest mature script in China. Oracle bone inscriptions are also called deed inscriptions, tortoise shell inscriptions or tortoise shell and animal bone inscriptions.
Bronze inscriptions refer to the inscriptions engraved on the bronzes of the Yin and Zhou dynasties, also called bell and tripod inscriptions. The Shang and Zhou dynasties were the age of bronzes. Bronze ritual vessels were represented by tripods and musical instruments were represented by bells. The period of application of bronze inscriptions ranged from the early Shang Dynasty to the end of the Qin Dynasty, which lasted for more than 1,200 years. Compared with oracle bone inscriptions, oracle bone inscriptions have thin pen lines, many straight pens, and many turning points. They are different from square inscriptions. Bronze inscriptions have fat and thick pen lines, many curved pens, and many lumps.
Dazhuan is a kind of writing written by King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. It is also called Zhenwen. Its physical characteristics are generally consistent with bronze inscriptions and has the characteristics of numerous strokes. He carried out reforms on the basis of the original writing, which was named after it was carved on a stone drum. It is the earliest stone-engraved writing that has been handed down to this day, and is the ancestor of stone carving. ?It started in the late Western Zhou Dynasty and spread in the Qin State during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The font is similar to Qin seal script, but the configuration of the glyphs often overlaps.
Xiaozhuan is a unified font issued by the Qin Dynasty when the policy of "writing with the same text" was implemented. It was revised by Li Si and others after sorting out the text. Because it is an officially issued unified font, it has been organized and simplified, so the number of variant characters has been greatly reduced, and the font shape is rectangular, laying the foundation for the "square shape" of Chinese characters. The small seal strokes are more symmetrical and neat, the lines are consistent in thickness, more rounded, the symbolism is enhanced, and the pictorial meaning is greatly weakened. Because Xiaozhuan is simplified on the basis of Dazhuan, it is generally said that Xiaozhuan is the simplified form of Dazhuan.
Official script, also known as Han Li, is a common solemn font in Chinese characters. The writing effect is slightly wide and flat, with long horizontal strokes and short straight strokes. It is in a rectangular shape and pays attention to "silkworm head and wild goose tail", "Twists and turns." Official script originated in the Qin Dynasty and was developed from Cheng Miao's form and theory. It reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty and is known as "Han Li Tang Kai" in the calligraphy circle. Official script is a common solemn font in Chinese characters. The writing effect is slightly wide and flat, with long horizontal strokes and short straight strokes. It pays attention to "silkworm head and wild goose tail" and "twists and turns". It originated in the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is known as "Han Li Tang Kai" in the calligraphy circle. It is also said that official script originated during the Warring States Period.
Regular script, also known as Zhenshu and Zhengshu, originated in the late Han Dynasty, became popular in the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, matured in the Tang Dynasty, and is still in use today. It completely eliminated the influence of the remaining small seal characters in official scripts and formed a complete stroke system. The characteristics of regular script are: square shape, straight horizontal and vertical lines, and clear strokes. It has become a common font for Chinese characters. From the perspective of calligraphy art, Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, etc. in the Tang Dynasty are the main ones, and they have formed regular script masters with different styles.
Xingshu is produced on the basis of regular script. It is a font between regular script and cursive script. "Xing" means "walking", so it is not as sloppy as cursive script, nor is it as sloppy as regular script. So decent. In essence, it is the cursiveization of regular script or the regularization of cursive script. Those with more regular script than cursive script are called "Xing Kai", and those with more cursive script than regular script are called "Xing Cao".
Cursive script: A style of writing for Chinese characters, characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. It was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. There are Zhangcao, Jincao and Kuangcao. Cursive script is a calligraphy style created for the convenience of writing. "Shuowen Jiezi" says: "The Han Dynasty had cursive script." Cursive script began in the early Han Dynasty. Its characteristics are: keeping the outline of characters, destroying the rules of officialdom, letting people run around, and rushing to work. Because of the meaning of cursive creation, it is called cursive script.