Cao Quanbei, the full name of Hanhe [hé] Yang Cao Linquan Monument, is an important inscription in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was established in the second year of Han and Zhong Ping (AD 185). 1956 entered the Xi 'an forest of steles museum in Tibet, and now Xi 'an forest of steles is hidden.
Cao Quanbei Monument is about 65,438 0.7 meters high and 0.86 meters wide, rectangular, with no forehead, and firm and fine stone. Both sides of the monument are engraved with official script inscriptions. Beiyang 20 lines, full of 45 words; The tablet is divided into five columns, and the number of rows and words in each column is different.
The inscription records Cao Quan's suppression of the Yellow Scarf Uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the peasant uprising led by Zhang Jiao spread to Shaanxi. It also reflects the momentum of the peasant army at that time and the loyalty of the Guo family in Heyang County, and provides important historical materials for studying the history of peasant uprising struggle in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
The font of the inscription is official script, also called "Zuo Shu". It is a font evolved from the simplification of seal script, originally for the convenience and rapidity of writing. Later it developed into a font with great artistic value. The structure of official script broke the tradition of six scripts, laid the foundation of regular script and improved the writing efficiency. Its appearance marks a turning point in the development history of Chinese characters.
Cao Quanbei is one of the few Chinese stone reliefs with relatively complete preservation and clear fonts. His inscription is beautiful, flat and symmetrical, stretching and detached, attractive in style, straight in strokes and suitable in length and width, which fully shows the maturity and style of official script in Han Dynasty. In fact, it is an important masterpiece of Han tablet and Han Li.
It is the right choice for friends who study official script to choose this tablet as a model.