Chinese characters evolved from oracle bone inscriptions to simplified Chinese characters. In the process, they experienced the evolution of bronze inscriptions, small seal script, official script, cursive script, regular script, and running script.
Simplified Chinese characters are a standardized way of writing modern Chinese, as opposed to traditional Chinese characters. Simplified Chinese is mainly composed of inherited characters and simplified characters that the Chinese government began to implement in mainland China after the 1950s.
Chinese writing can be traced back to oracle bone inscriptions. According to historical records, oracle bone inscriptions are the earliest and most complete system among the ancient writings discovered in China. Since the oracle bone inscriptions mainly refer to the oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin Ruins, they are also called "Yin Ruins inscriptions". They are the characters carved on the tortoise shells and animal bones during the Yin and Shang Dynasties.
In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this era in which bronzes were the main material for production, transitioned from oracle bone inscriptions to bronze inscriptions. Inscriptions in bronze refer to inscriptions cast on bronzes, especially in the Zhou Dynasty. became popular and lasted for a long time.
After Qin Shihuang unified China, in order to consolidate its rule and strengthen the central power, the Qin Dynasty implemented the policy of "writing with the same text and carriages with the same track", and unified weights, measures, and carriage tracks, etc. measures. Under the instruction of Qin Shihuang and the management of Prime Minister Li Si, the writing was gradually simplified from the large seal script used by the previous Qin State to the small seal script. At the same time, the fonts of other countries were canceled and a unified writing form was created. This move had a particularly great impact on subsequent dynasties. Profound.
With the development of the Han Dynasty, writing evolved into a new writing style, namely official script. Official script is also called Han Li. The font is generally flat, horizontally long and curved. When writing, we pay attention to "silkworm head and wild goose tail, twists and turns, left first and right first", and the font is generally rectangular.
Since the Tang, Song, Wei, and Jin dynasties, Chinese characters have evolved into regular script, running script, and cursive script. It is said that running script was created by Liu Desheng in the Han Dynasty. It is between regular script and cursive script. Flexible, many calligraphers are good at this font. During this period, many famous calligraphers emerged in ancient China. They had their own unique writing methods, which had a profound impact on people who studied calligraphy in later generations. At the same time, they also became a precious asset in the history of the evolution of writing. ?
The fonts used by contemporary Chinese people can be divided into traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters. Due to slightly different social development and historical backgrounds, the writing habits of people in various places also vary. However, if we trace the origins, the characters of these fonts are The origin is still traditional Chinese characters, but it is different due to usage habits.