However, when many calligraphy and cultural relics lovers read this calligraphy post, they will invariably ask a question: Why can't the words on the reply post be understood at all?
Jin ping fu tie
Indeed, * * * used 84 words in "Ping Fu Tie", and basically every word was strange and crooked, which made people unable to understand. Let's have a feeling of reading gobbledygook after reading it, and even wonder if we are illiterate.
However, the expert said: It is normal to read the words on the reply card, because it is a special font called Cao Zhang, and even a knowledgeable calligrapher can't fully understand and confirm the words on the reply card. Mr. Qi Gong, a famous calligrapher, tried to interpret and translate the words in Ping Fu Tie, but this was just a family view, which did not form a wide recognition in academic circles.
Strange words in reply posts.
So, what kind of calligraphy is Cao Zhang font? Why is Lu Ji written in Chinese that we don't know? Since I can't understand this writing, is this "reply post" still so valuable?
To answer these questions, we should simply talk about the development and evolution history of China's calligraphy.
China's calligraphy originated in the pre-Qin period, including bronze inscriptions in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, bird and insect books popular in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and stone carvings carved on stones. , can be roughly called big seal script. When the Qin Dynasty was founded, Qin Shihuang implemented the system of "cars on the same track, books on the same language" and ordered Li Si, the prime minister, to unify the national characters. Li Si developed Xiao Zhuan on the basis of Da Zhuan. Xiao Zhuan was made by Qin Dynasty, also known as "Qin Zhuan".
Lisibei seal script
However, the complicated shape of seal script is not conducive to the popularization and dissemination of characters. After all, words are used for writing and reading. If they are too complicated, no one wants to use them. So seal script is only widely used in the official, and what is more popular among the people is an elegant and concise font? By the Han Dynasty, official script had become the most popular script, so it was called "Qin Zhuan Han Li". Han Li determined the shape and structure of Chinese character blocks, which is a key in the history of Chinese character development.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the invention of papermaking promoted the development of calligraphy. At the end of the Han Dynasty, official script gradually evolved on the original basis, and gradually evolved into original script (regular script), cursive script and running script. Wei and Jin Dynasties witnessed the vigorous development of calligraphy. Calligraphers such as Zhong You and Wang Xizhi established the status of regular script, running script and cursive script, and created a brand-new milestone for China's calligraphy.