The evolution sequence of Chinese characters is roughly as follows: Oracle Bone Inscriptions-bronze inscription-seal script-official script-regular script-cursive script-running script.
I. Introduction to Oracle Bone Inscriptions
Oracle Bone Inscriptions is carved on the bones of tortoise shells (mainly the words on the shoulder blades of cattle). It is the most systematic and quite mature Chinese character material that we can see today.
Interpretation: Today's Chinese characters evolved from Oracle Bone Inscriptions and are inextricably linked with each other, so it is no exaggeration to say that Oracle Bone Inscriptions initiated the source of our Chinese civilization.
Second, the introduction of Jin Wen
Bronze inscription, also known as Zhong Dingwen, is a kind of calligraphy name in ancient China, which refers to the inscriptions cast on bronzes during the Yin, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Shang and Zhou Dynasties were the bronze age, with the tripod as the representative ritual vessel and the bell as the representative musical instrument. "Zhong Ding" was synonymous with bronze ware.
Interpretation: Therefore, bronze inscriptions evolved after Oracle Bone Inscriptions.
Third, seal script
Seal script, a font of Chinese characters. Those who seal it, those who are bamboo; If you are a coward, it will be your meeting place. The shape of an elephant is also the shape of an elephant. Seal script, that is, a highly pictographic character; The font before official script. Seal script is divided into big seal script and small seal script.
Interpretation: Seal script includes all the characters before official script and their extensions, such as inscriptions on bronze, Shi Guwen, ancient prose of Six Kingdoms, small seal script, Miao seal script, overlapping seal script, etc. Therefore, seal script evolved after inscriptions on bronze.
Fourth, official script.
Li Shu, such as Qin Li and Han Li, is generally considered to be developed from seal script, with wide and flat font, long horizontal painting and short vertical painting, and paying attention to "swallow tail of silkworm head" and "twists and turns".
Interpretation: According to the unearthed bamboo slips, we can know that official script is seal script.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) in regular script
Regular script is also called regular script, real script and official script. It gradually evolved from official script, becoming more simplified and more horizontal and vertical. Ci Hai is interpreted as "square, straight and exemplary". This kind of Chinese character has the correct font and is a modern popular handwritten orthographic Chinese character. Regular script is widely used in modern society, but it is not completely stereotyped.
Interpretation: The appearance of regular script follows closely the rules and regulations of Han Li and pursues the further development of physical beauty. By the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, the writing of Chinese characters gradually changed into "side" (dot), "grazing" (long left), "pecking" (short left) and "lifting" (straight hook
Six, cursive script
Cursive script has broad and narrow meanings. In a broad sense, regardless of the age, all scribbled words are regarded as cursive. Narrow sense, that is, as a specific font, was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script in order to write simply.