Clerical script, also known as "Zuoshu", "Historical Book", and "Bafen", "Fengli" and other titles, it originated in the Qin Dynasty and reached maturity after the two Han Dynasties. After more than two thousand years , endlessly, the calligraphy style has basically remained stable, and it still shows a fresh appearance to this day.
During the Qin Shihuang era, the small seal script evolved from the large seal script and became the official official script. At that time, a kind of official script that was simpler than the small seal script and easier to write was also popular in the Qin Dynasty, but Just as a secondary font. Small seal script must be used in solemn occasions, while official script is often used for convenience and speed in documents such as prison lawsuits and military letters. Qin Li was developed from the secular style used by the Qin State during the Warring States Period, and was also influenced by the scripts of the other Six Kingdoms. The large number of slips and slips unearthed in the late Warring States period can be seen as the official script gradually matured.
In the Han Dynasty, the official script became increasingly perfect and mature, especially after it became the official official script. It completely changed the light and slow rhythm of Xiaozhuan and completed the "official change". The official script of this time was rich in writing skills. The strokes and strokes of the strokes and the turning of the strokes were full of changes. The pitches of the stipples echoed, left and right stretches, branched out, twists and turns, silkworm heads and swallow tails, and many other characteristics, forming a A complete set of writing techniques.
From the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, official calligraphers continued to emerge. Those who were good at official script include Wang Cizhong, Cai Yong, Zhong Yao, Liang Hu and others. Cai Yong was the most famous at that time. These people took the lead in writing inscriptions, and the response from the people made the inscriptions of the Eastern Han Dynasty appear in various shapes and colors, forming the "official script" Heyday".
"Ode to Hege" and "Zhang Qian"; simple and naive ones include "Ode to Xizhao" and "Anyang Broken Stone"; plump and heavy ones include "Hengfang" and "Lu Jun"; "Shimen", which is extravagant and elegant in its opening and closing. ", "Yang Huai Biao Ji"; the ancient and powerful "Da Kai Tong" and so on, they are simply amazing and beautiful, reaching an unprecedented peak. To this day, these Han steles are still excellent examples for us to learn official script. Template.
Each subsequent dynasty benefited from this foundation and produced some masters of writing stele and famous stele, but they all belonged to the remnants of Han stele and did not form a big trend.
In the Qing Dynasty, there was a revival of stele studies. Many insightful people dared to innovate and change based on the Han Li system, and many famous Li writers emerged. The most creative ones should be Jinnong, Deng Shiru, Yi Bingshou, Chen Hongshou, He Shaoji and others. They are powerful and ancient, blending regular script and official script to create distinctive official script works without losing the ancient official script. This is a distant successor to Han official script. Another stage of the revival of official script with the style of the times.
Today, there are many people who study official script and write official script. They mainly absorb the spirit of Han official script and the innovative connotation of Qing official script, and constantly explore new paths. I believe that there will be new masters of official script in the new era. and the emergence of a new style of official script.