Cursive script is a font of Chinese characters, characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. It was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. There are Zhangcao, Jincao and Kuangcao. They feel beautiful in the madness.
Development
From the perspective of the development of cursive script: the development of cursive script can be divided into three stages: early cursive script, Zhang Cao script and modern cursive script. Early cursive script is a calligraphy style parallel to official script, generally called official script. In fact, it is mixed with some seal cursive styles. The early cursive script broke the rules and strictness of official script and was a hasty writing method. It's called "Zhangcao". Zhangcao is an elegant cursive style that combines early cursive script and Han official script. It has distinct waves, the strokes are connected in a "wave" shape, the characters are independent, the characters are all square, and the strokes are horizontal. Zhangcao was most popular during the Han and Wei dynasties. It was revived in the Yuan Dynasty and transformed into the Ming Dynasty. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhangcao was further "cursed", removing the traces of official script strokes and making the upper and lower characters interconnected. The radicals were also simplified and borrowed from each other, which was called "Jincao". Jincao evolved from Zhangcao's elimination of waves and challenges. Jincao style has been popular since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, modern cursive writing became more indulgent, with continuous and sweeping strokes and various character shapes. It was called "kuangcao", also known as big grass. Today, the aesthetic value of cursive writing far exceeds its practical value. Cursive script is a combination of dots and dashes of words according to certain rules, with a simple structure and borrowed radicals. It is not just random writing. One of the main features of cursive symbols is that the strokes are connected by hooks, including up and down hooks and left and right hooks. The horizontal tendency of Lihua's brushwork provides the basis for the cursiveization of left and right hooks. Zhang Cao's brushwork uses the "one" shape, while Jincao's brushwork uses the "s" shape. This is the fundamental difference between the two. Indulgent brushwork and messy stippling are also called big grass or wild grass.