Nong’s cursive handwriting: not as sloppy as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script.
Xingshu is a general term for calligraphy, which is divided into two types: Xingkai and Xingcao. It was developed on the basis of regular script and is a font between regular script and cursive script. It was created to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the difficulty of identifying cursive script. "Xing" means "walking", so it is not as sloppy as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script.
In essence, it is the cursiveization of regular script or the regularization of cursive script. Those with more regular script than cursive script are called "Xing Kai", and those with more cursive script than regular script are called "Xing Cao". Running script has high practicality and artistry, while regular script is a text symbol, which is highly practical and requires skill. In comparison, cursive script has high artistic quality, but its practicality is relatively insufficient.
According to Zhang Huaiguan's "Shu Duan": "The running script was created by Liu Desheng of Yingchuan in the later Han Dynasty. It is a small distortion of the original script and is kept simple, so it is called running script." From this statement, we know: "Xingshu" is a font transformed from "Original Script". Cao Yun of the Qing and Song dynasties: "The so-called traveler is a small overview of the real book.
The simple ones are walking alternately, like clouds and flowing water, and the fibers of the grains are coming out between them. They are neither true nor grass. They escape from the square and round. This is the best of Kaili. The characters must be small and sparse, with an elegant tone, old and strong muscles, and a graceful character.
Although the characters are not connected with the weather, the ink is still fat and slow, so that it moves slowly. There are rules; look left and right, and don't follow the rules. Don't use it too late, otherwise you will be too lazy and lose your spirit.