Xiao Zhuan, Xiao Zhuan refers to a simplified and standardized script that appeared when Qin Shihuang ordered Li Si and others to implement "the same language script" and unified the six languages based on Qin Zhuan. Xiao Zhuan's brushwork is round and even, elegant and peaceful, and there are rules to follow, which is the only way to know and understand the original meaning of characters. When Xiao Zhuan developed to Qing Dynasty, the lines became thicker, which broke through the changes of stroke thickness, delay, frustration, severity and Fiona Fang. Another branch of Xiao Zhuan is Han Zhuan, which uses a pen with a square folding official intention, and the printed seal script is even more square folding, also called Miao Zhuan, that is, copying the seal.
We take the inscriptions recommended below as an example to explain in detail the learning process and methods of Xiao Zhuan.
Recommended inscription for seal script:
Big seal script: Pan, Mao, Pan, Da,. Among contemporary calligraphy masters, Liu Xing, Feng, Wang Yong and others have made great achievements in learning Zhong Ding.
Small seal script: Taishan stone carving, Yishan tablet, Li Sanfen, Wu Changshuo seal script, Wu Xizai seal script, Lu seal script, seal script, Deng seal script, Zhao seal script and seal script "Shu Xiao Xue Chuan" said: "Those who learn seal script should take Qin Lisi as the original, so-called small seal script also. Unfortunately, Taishan has only 29 words, and Langya Taiwan has only 12 lines. " Note: "Carving Stones on Mount Tai" and "Carving Stones on Langya" are the extreme principles of Biography.
Brief introduction of Reese:
Li Si advocates using Xiao Zhuan as the standard script. Xiao Zhuan, also known as Qin Zhuan, is the symmetry of Da Zhuan, which gives people a feeling of flexibility, roundness and health, and plays a great role in standardizing Chinese characters. The appearance of Xiao Zhuan is a great progress in the history of Chinese character development. According to Tai Ping Guang Ji and Meng Tian Bi Jing, this book was written by Li Si, a scholar of Cai in Chu State.
Before the unification of Qin Dynasty, due to the long-term separatist regime of vassal states, there was a situation of abnormal language and writing. Qin Shihuang always hoped to have a standard font to replace the variant characters that were popular before, so he found that Lisi was good at calligraphy and gave him this task. Li Si simplified the seal script and sorted out a set of characters with simple strokes and neat glyphs, which was called Qin Zhuan. After reading these new books, Qin Shihuang was very satisfied, so he set them as standard fonts and ordered them to be used nationwide.
At that time, people were not familiar with the structure of Biography, and it was difficult to write it satisfactorily. Li Si, Zhao Gao, Hu Wujing and others wrote "Cang Xie", "Ji Li" and "erudition" for everyone to follow.
One year before his death, Qin Shihuang went to Huiji (now Shaoxing) in the East to worship Dayu's tomb, climbed Tianzhu Peak (later called Qinwangshan), overlooking the tidal bore in the East China Sea, and ordered Prime Minister Li Si to write an inscription in calligraphy. The day after Li Si was ordered to finish writing overnight, he picked a stone carving on the ridge and stood at the top of Mount Emei (later called Stone Carving Mountain) in Huiji, which is the famous "Huiji Stone Carving" in history.