Answer 1. Official script is a font based on seal script to meet the needs of convenient writing. It was gradually developed and finalized in the Han Dynasty and became the dominant calligraphy style. At the same time, cursive script and regular script were derived. , running script and various calligraphy styles lay the foundation for art. The official script is full of changes in light, heavy, and rhythmic, and has the artistic beauty of calligraphy. The styles are also becoming more diverse, which is of great value for artistic appreciation. Its emergence was a major change in ancient writing and calligraphy, because it brought Chinese calligraphy art into a new realm, was a turning point in the history of the evolution of Chinese characters, and laid the foundation for regular script. Therefore, official script is a turning point in the history of the development of Chinese characters.
Answer 2.
Official script originated in Qin and was formed on the basis of the simple and popular characters of Qin during the Warring States Period. The official script of the Qin Dynasty was called Qin Li. The strokes had fewer waves and still retained the meaning of seal characters. It was the form used daily by the people at that time. In the Han Dynasty, the character form developed and was called Han Li, which became the popular Chinese character form in the Han Dynasty.
Compared with seal script, official script has the following main features: the radicals of seal script have been transformed, breaking the physical structure of seal script; the glyphs have become flat, and the strokes have been further simplified; the curved and rounded lines have been changed to straight , square and folded strokes, and showing wave momentum. Later official script also used the picking method.
The evolution of Chinese characters has since entered a new historical stage, beginning the transition to the current form of Chinese characters and laying the foundation for the current form of Chinese characters. Therefore, the emergence of official script is an important turning point in the history of the development of Chinese characters.