The ruler, a writing tool of the ancients.
is a kind of book form made of wooden boards with certain specifications (a few of them are triangular wooden columns) after writing characters.
according to records, there are several specifications of wooden slips, but the most common one is a square foot and a thickness of one inch, that is, "one foot and one inch", which is called "foot slips". Mostly used in calligraphy and painting.
Before the invention of paper, bamboo or silk was used to make a layout with a ruler handle, which was used to write notes, express feelings and convey messages. Therefore, there were ruler elements, ruler letters, ruler letters, ruler carp, ruler notes, ruler John and ruler
"The first time of ruler letters" was printed by Mother Hall Press in Guangxu Ten Years < p Used for writing in ancient times.
① The Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of King Jing and Wang Xing of Beihai: "When you are sick in bed, Emperor Yima ordered ten cursive letters." Li Xian's note: "Shuowen says:' Xie, the book version is also.' The cover is a foot long, because of its name.
② Biography of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi and Hu Zhaoshan: "Hu Zhaoshan's history books are as famous as Zhong You, Han Danchun, Wei Yi and Wei Dan, and they are examples."
③ Selected Works. Xie Zhan <; Wang Fujun's Collection of Xiyang > Poetry: "Who says that love can be written, what you say is not a letter." Li Zhouhan's note: "You can't do your best with a one-foot version."
④ Xu Wei's Introduction to the Records of Huiji County: On Mountains and Rivers: "One sage, one sage, writes one ninth of the mountains and rivers in the world, which is less than one foot; Today's ambition will be reviewed, and the mountains and rivers that are one thousand in the world are tired of dozens of papers. "
⑤ Song Su Zhe's "Into the Imperial Collection Table": "I have been compiled by imperial edicts, starting from the secret courtyards of the Forbidden Middle School, the Second and the Three Provinces, and down to the homes of civil and military officials, and there is nothing left behind."
2. Letters.
① Historical Records. On the Biographies of Bian Que Cang Gong: "Ti Ying knows all the letters, but his father will be better in the future."
② The Literary Mind Carves Dragons. The Secretary written by Liang Liuxie in the Southern Dynasties: "Mi Heng wrote a book on behalf of others, and his relatives were appropriate: he was also a bigoted scholar."
(3) Send Zhang Shangshu to Ouyang Zhan in Tang Dynasty: "Taking Shangshu Mountain as a tolerant place, you will be cut off from your mind. Is it impossible to advance and retreat in the eight-line letters?"
④ Song and Wu Chu-hou's Miscellaneous Notes on the Blue Box (Volume 7): "There are three poems written by Cheng Rui, a man who has mastered the discipline, and Hou Jun, a doctor of Guozi, presented them with him, and read them with him, which is a handwritten letter to answer Hou Jun."
(5) Liu Shipei <: History of article studies >; Preface: "If there is a word from the bottom to the top, it will be played; If there are words told by peers, it will be the beginning of the book. "
⑥ Lu Xun's Lace Literature: "Read Zheng Banqiao's Taoist Love once, talk about humor for ten days, buy half a copy of Yuan Zhonglang's ruler, and make a volume of essays."
3. diction.
① Biography of Cai Jingli, a Southern History: "The calendar is less handsome, filial, poor and studious, good at detail, and a worker and a grass official." [1]?
② "Zi Zhi Tong Jian Han Ling Di Xi Ping Six Years": "Emperor is good at literature, and he made fifty chapters of Huang Xi Pian. Because all those who are born as literary fu and are waiting to be made under Hongdu's door, the later ones are called. "
(3) Jin Yuanhao asked Liu Xun in Zhongzhou Collection: "Less propaganda is better than letters, and writing is considerable."
4, refers to ink and handwriting.
Ou Yangxun: "Inquire about Wang Xizhi's book, which was initially effective, and then pass it with great risks, because it is named after itself. According to the ruler, people think that it is law. "