The original meaning is the action of a bird flapping its wings in the air. Shuowen: "Fly, birds are flying. Duan Yucai's Note: "If you stretch your neck and spread your wings." "Shi Gao Yan Fengyan": "Flying, its feathers vary. "Then it can refer to the flight of other animals. Later, it expanded to everything floating in the sky. Ganyi: "The flying dragon is in the sky. "Such as snow floc.
It also extends from flying around to being fast and rushing. Han Liu Bang's Song of the Big Wind: "The wind rises in Yunfei." From fast to unexpected and sudden. Hanshu: "Coma flies, the sun and the moon are thin." "Fly" means groundless and unprovoked. "The Biography of Zhou Rong in the Later Han Dynasty": "If a pawn encounters a flying disaster, there will be no funeral." Flying from the bird, the voice rises.
Liu Xie and Liang in the Southern Dynasties, Wen Xin Diao Long Rhythm: "Where does the sound fly ... If it flies, the sound will not return." Fei later referred to a calligraphy term, namely "flying white".
The Evolution and History of Writing
The evolution of Chinese characters can be traced back to the period of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, about 1600 BC. With the influence of time, regional differences, social development and the frequency of writing, Chinese characters have undergone continuous evolution and development, forming various styles and glyphs today.
The main evolution process includes: Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscription, seal script, official script, regular script, running script, cursive script and so on. Each period has its own unique characteristics and forms of expression, which has a far-reaching impact on the calligraphy art and cultural heritage of later generations.
During the development of Chinese characters, different forms and writing systems of Chinese characters appeared in different periods and regions. For example, China's Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions and seal scripts, as well as western ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, Greek letters and Latin letters.
In addition to the diversity of writing forms, writing materials are also constantly developing. The earliest writing materials were animal skins, bamboo slips and other animal and plant products, and then gradually developed writing tools such as paper, ink and pen.