Octagonal terminology

A literal name in ancient Chinese characters. Also known as Kaili, it refers to the new style official script that appeared in the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The font is square, with regular wave potential and picking method. When the pen is horizontal, the terminal rises, so-called "silkworm head" and "dovetail". This kind of book is solemn and elegant (see picture). In the fourth year of Xiping (175), Cai Yong wrote seven kinds of classics and carved stones in imperial academy, which became the standard calligraphy style in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Since then, the official script has been transformed into a real script, and the square image of Chinese characters has laid the foundation for the eight-part essay. The name of eight first appeared in Wei dynasty, and there were different interpretations in previous dynasties. The inscription on the Wei Bei recorded in the ancient prose clearly recorded that the Zen Table was written and written into an eight-part book. This table stone is now hidden in Xuchang, and its calligraphy is the same as that on the remnant stone of Cai Yong's Xi Shi Ping Jing unearthed in Luoyang. Regarding the formation age of this style of calligraphy, Cai Yong's "The Record of Encouragement for Learning" said: "Wang Ci in Shanggu became an ancient scholar at the beginning", and the calligraphers in the Six Dynasties said that "Wang Ci in Shanggu pioneered the method", "The method of opening the second middle school was based on ancient books, and the wave was not great. China Construction thought it was a method, with eight characters as the model", and "Wang Ci-zhong was decorated with Li as eight points when he was a spiritual emperor.