Running script appeared at the same time as eight-part essay, and its form was very close to eight-part essay and later official script. This is equivalent to changing (chapter) cursive script from official script to other branches derived from "regular script". In addition to official script, the "regular script" in Huanling period was followed by "eight-part essay", so people think that running script is another branch of "eight-part essay".
In fact, it is the same as other calligraphy styles. It was originally founded as a general mass writer. As long as it is written in other calligraphy, it becomes a running script without official style. It can be seen everywhere in bamboo slips unearthed at the end of Han Dynasty. At the end of Han dynasty, running script was not widely used. It was not until the appearance of Wang Xizhi in Jin Dynasty that it became popular.
Running script, from Wang Xizhi's hand, combines practicality and artistry. As a result, the colorful southern calligraphy art has emerged and become the most influential school in the history of calligraphy. Professor Peking University and pioneer Li Zhimin commented: "Wang Xizhi's calligraphy not only shows simplicity and abstinence based on Laozi and Zhuangzi's philosophy, but also shows harmony based on Confucian golden mean."
In the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiang Kui's "Continued Book Spectrum Running Script" said: "After tasting Yi Kao Wei, today's running script is different from cursive script. The big rate becomes true, so it is easy to swing. Grass comes from the chapter, and line comes from the reason. Although it is a running script, it has its own body, and it is not far from suffering to restore the sages of the Jin Dynasty. '
Preface to Lanting and You Jun Tie are the first, followed by Xie Anshi and Daling, followed by Yan, Liu, Su and Mi, which are also equivalent in later generations. It is important to value the old pen, and there are few mistakes, which can also be reflected. What is more expensive is the separation of grain and fiber, the connection of blood, the old bones and muscles, the scattered Shen Feng, the prepared posture, the true attitude, the attitude of doing things and the careless attitude. Be sure to study extensively, and you can learn both. "