How to make good-looking writing in Fuzi Xingxing:
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. "行" 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.
The running script appeared at about the same time as the eight-point regular script, and its form is also very close to the eight-point regular script and later official scripts. This is equivalent to changing the (chapter) cursive script from the official script - deriving Chuan Xishai from "Zhengti characters" to find other branches. In addition to the official script, the "Orthodox" characters of the Huanling Dynasty were followed by the "Bafen Kaifa", so people think that the running script is another branch of the "Bafen Kaifa".
In fact, it is the same as other calligraphy styles. It was originally created by ordinary mass writers. As long as the eight-point script is made more similar to other calligraphy and loses the trend of official script, it will become running script. , we can see it everywhere in the bamboo slips generally unearthed in the late Han Dynasty. In the late Han Dynasty, running script was not widely used. It was not until the emergence of Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty that it became popular.