Cursive script can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. In a broad sense, regardless of the times, what you scribble is a cursive script. In a narrow sense, it refers to a specific font. It was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. It is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes.
The cursive script is divided into zhangcao and today's grass, and today's grass is divided into big grass and small grass, which feels beautiful in the wild.
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The development of cursive script:
The development of cursive script can be divided into three stages: early cursive script, Cao Zhang cursive script and modern cursive script.
Early cursive script and official script were parallel, called official script, and also mixed with seal script.
The early cursive script broke the rules of official script and was a hasty writing. It's called Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang is an elegant cursive style, which combines early cursive and Han Li. Its waves are distinct, the strokes are connected in waves, the characters are independent, the glyphs are all over the square, and the strokes are horizontal. Cao Zhang was the most popular in the Han and Wei Dynasties, but it was revived in the Yuan Dynasty and transformed into the Ming Dynasty.
By the end of the Han Dynasty, Cao Zhang was more "grassy". Without the strokes of official script, the strokes of upper and lower characters were linked together, and the radicals were simplified, so it was called "modern grass". Today's grass evolved from Cao Zhang Wubotiao, and cursive script has been popular since Wei and Jin Dynasties. In the Tang dynasty, this kind of grass was written in a more indulgent way, with continuous strokes and strange glyphs. It is called "crazy grass", also known as big grass.
Today, the aesthetic value of cursive script exceeds its practical value. Cursive script is to connect the dots of words according to the law, with simple structure, borrowing from others, rather than scribbling at will.
Stroke linking is the main feature of cursive script, including left and right linking and up and down linking. The lateral tendency of Li Hua's brushwork provides a foundation for the grass planting of the left and right hooks. Cao Zhang's brushwork is "I", while modern Cao Cao's brushwork is "S". This is the difference between the two. Indulge with a pen, draw messy, also called big grass or crazy grass.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia _ cursive script