1 is a rectangle, with a semi-square character as the degree, a straight character and the other half as the vertical foot, and the approximate ratio is about 3: 2.
2. The strokes are horizontal and vertical, round and even, and the thickness is basically the same. All horizontal and vertical paintings are equidistant and parallel, and all strokes are mainly round, and the circle is round and square, which makes the circle lively and interesting.
3. Balance and symmetry. The division, balance and symmetry of space are the unique charm of seal script. Symmetry exists not only in left-right symmetry and up-down symmetry, but also in local symmetry of characters and left-right oblique symmetry of circular strokes.
4. The top is tight and the bottom is loose. Most of the characters in Biography are in the upper part, and the lower part is telescopic feet. Of course, there are also characters with no feet below. The main strokes are in the lower part, and the upper strokes can be raised.
After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries (22 BC1year), he implemented the policy of "the same language in words and the same track in cars", and the unified measurement was in the charge of Prime Minister Lisi. On the basis of the original seal script used by Qin, he simplified it and created a unified writing form of Chinese characters.
Popular from the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Western Han Dynasty (about 8 AD), it was gradually replaced by official script. But because of its beautiful font and long ancient rhyme, it has always been favored by calligraphers. Because of its complex strokes and simple form, it is possible to add twists and turns and seal cutting at will, especially the official seal that needs anti-counterfeiting. Seal script was always used until the collapse of feudal dynasty and the emergence of modern new anti-counterfeiting technology.
representative works
1, "Carving Stone in Yishan" was the first stone carving erected in the 28th year of Qin Shihuang (2 19 BC) at the time of Dongxunfeng (Yixian County, Shandong Province). Carving Stones on Mount Tai was written when Qin Shihuang visited Mount Tai in the east.
2. Langya Stone Carvings (Jiaonan, Shandong Province) and Zhifu Stone Carvings were carved in Zhifu Mountain (northwest of Yantai, Shandong Province) in the 29th year of Qin Shihuang (2 18 BC).
3. Ode to Jieshi was written in the thirty-second year of Qin Shihuang (2 15 BC) when he visited Jieshi (now northwest of Changli County, Hebei Province).