The full name of Cao Quanbei is Han and Yang ordered Cao Quanbei, so it is also called Cao Jing Wan Bei, because Cao Quan's words are finished. Cao Quanbei was written by Wang Chang and others in the Eastern Han Dynasty to praise Cao Quanji's contribution to Heyang. This monument was erected in October of the second year of Zhong Ping, the Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty (185). Beiyang 20 lines, 45 words each; The inscription consists of 33 lines, divided into 5 lines. Handwriting is official script, and the print is not preserved for a long time. The whole monument *** 1 165 words. The monument is 253 cm high and 123 cm wide.
Cao Quanbei is one of the representative works of the mature official script in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It records Cao Quan's suppression of the Yellow Scarf Uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is an important historical material for studying the peasant uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and is also one of the few well-preserved works with clear fonts in the existing stone tablets of the Han Dynasty in China. Its characters are even, including Fiona Fang and pen, but mainly round pen, which is charming and wonderful, and is the representative of Han Li's beautiful style.
Introduction to official script
Lishu is a Chinese font, including Qin Lishu and Han Li. It is generally believed that it is developed from seal script, with wide and flat font, long horizontal painting and short vertical painting, and pays attention to "swallow tail of silkworm head" and "twists and turns". According to the unearthed bamboo slips, official script originated in Qin Dynasty, and Cheng Miao was also called official script. Han Li reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty, inherited the tradition of seal script, and opened the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which had a great influence on later calligraphy. The calligraphy circle is known as "Tang Kai of Han Li".
Official script is developed from seal script. Official script is to simplify seal script, turn circle into square and arc into straight. The horizontal (left-right) potential of Li character is changed to vertical potential to form a square, and the strokes contract the vertical potential to strengthen the horizontal potential. This is a typical feature of the pen used in official script, especially in official script, the main pen is horizontal and vertical.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Cao Quanbei