Font introduction
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 Chinese character font is the commonly used handwritten orthographic Chinese character.
Horizontal and vertical. Ci Hai is interpreted as "square and straight, which can be used as a model. Hence the name regular script. It started at the end of the Han Dynasty and has been popular ever since. The appearance of regular script follows closely Han Li's composition and pursues the further development of formal beauty. During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of Han Dynasty, the writing of Chinese characters gradually changed from waves to "left" (dot), "sweep" (long left), "peck" (short left) and "lift" (straight hook). Such as Wuwei medical bamboo slips and Juyan Han bamboo slips. Regular script is characterized by neat rules, so it is called regular script, which has been used ever since.
Regular script is a modular body, as mentioned in Zhang Huaiguan's "Shu Duan". People in the Six Dynasties still used it habitually, such as Yang Xin's Cai, and On the Biography of Wei Shou, saying, "Shou is a general, and Beijing people are good at regular script." That's the abbreviation of "eight-block method" It was not until the Northern Song Dynasty that the name of Zhengshu was replaced, and its content was obviously different from the ancient name. There is probably an example of the above. The font of Chinese characters, that is, commonly used handwritten Chinese characters, evolved from official script, also known as block letters and real books.
Regular script is the most popular script in China feudal society. Before the appearance of regular script, China calligraphy had produced three styles: Da Zhuan, Xiao Zhuan and Li Shu. Compared with Xiao Zhuan, all the ancient characters before Xiao Zhuan are now generally called Da Zhuan, including Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions and six languages except Qin in the Warring States Period. Xiao Zhuan is a popular script after Qin unified China. On the basis of Qin script, refer to other vassal scripts. In order to facilitate writing, it is standardized and unified. This is the first standardized regular script in the history of calligraphy in China. Official script is another representative character after Xiao seal, which is based on Xiao seal. The appearance of official script is a great revolution of Chinese characters. Its significance lies not only in the symbolization of Chinese characters, but more importantly, it has changed the writing style and aesthetic trend of Chinese characters, thus laying a foundation for the emergence of regular script calligraphy art and further opening up a broad world for the development and prosperity of China calligraphy art.
Therefore, in all kinds of official script gardens in Han dynasty, the art of regular script calligraphy was directly bred. According to its law, the development history of regular script in China can be divided into four periods: the germination period of regular script-Han Dynasty, the development period of regular script-Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the prosperity period of regular script-Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, and the regular script period-Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Song Xuanhe's Book Score: "In the early Han Dynasty, Wang Cizhong began to use official script as regular script." People think that regular script evolved from ancient Chinese characters. It is said: "On the tomb of Confucius, a regular script tree planted by Zigong is tall and unyielding." The strokes of regular script are concise and refreshing, and must be like the branches of regular script trees.