The earliest ancient Chinese characters in China are recognized by academic circles as inscriptions on bronze in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and the middle and late Shang Dynasty. From the perspective of calligraphy, these earliest Chinese characters already have many factors of formal beauty of calligraphy, such as beauty of lines, symmetry, variation, composition and style.
From the late Shang Dynasty to the unification of China by the Qin Dynasty, the general trend of the evolution of Chinese characters was from complexity to simplicity. This evolution is reflected in the evolution of fonts and glyphs. In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the bronze inscriptions tended to be straight, and the folk cursive seal script developed to ancient plum in the Warring States period, which greatly weakened pictographs. However, the artistry of calligraphy has been enriched with the development of calligraphy.
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Judging from the development of China's calligraphy, Wei and Jin Dynasties are an important historical stage to complete the evolution of calligraphy. It is a well-prepared generation of many forces. So far, Han Li has finalized the basic form of square Chinese characters.
The process of official script's emergence, development and maturity gave birth to authentic works, while cursive script sprouted almost at the same time as official script. Real calligraphy, running script and cursive script were shaped in Wei and Jin Dynasties. Their stereotypes and beautification are undoubtedly another great change in the history of China's calligraphy.
This great era in the history of calligraphy has produced two great calligraphers-Zhong You and Wang Xizhi. They opened a new page in the history of China's calligraphy development.