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Cursive script is a writing method created for the convenience of writing. Its writing has the characteristics of simple structure, implicit brushwork, coherent response from top to bottom, bold brushwork and so on. , but not easy to read.
Classical explanation
There are three types of cursive script: Cao Zhang, modern Cao Cao, crazy Cao Cao and loose Cao Cao. The cursive script began in the early Han Dynasty, and originally referred to the scribbled official script, namely "Cao Li".
The cursive script is a quick and convenient calligraphy style produced by the development of China calligraphy in a certain period. Cao Li was popular at that time, and later it gradually developed into "Cao Zhang". It is said that "Cao Zhang" was named after the minister of Emperor Gaozu Zhang, and he wrote this paper in this font. Some people say that it was created by Zhang Wudi of the Han Dynasty. It is also said that "Cao Zhang" got its name from You Shi, a calligrapher in the Han and Yuan Dynasties. In short, "Cao Zhang" was very popular in Han Dynasty. By the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhi, a great calligrapher, got rid of the traces of official script strokes preserved in Cao Zhang. The strokes between the upper and lower characters were often borrowed by Lian Bi, which became "modern grass", commonly known as cursive script. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Xu and Huai Su wrote "today's grass" unscrupulously, and the strokes kept going back and forth, and the glyph changed, resulting in "Crazy Grass". It can be seen that Zhang Zhi is the ancestor of "this grass"; Zhang Xu and Huai Su are the ancestors of "weeds".