From the round seal pen to the square folding pen, the shape changed from slender to flat, tightened up and down, stretched left and right, and the pen movement changed from slow to short, showing a lively and diverse atmosphere. Heart-shaped official script first gently points a point on the paper, then writes the point on the left, then writes the point on the right, and finally gently encloses it.
Official script is also called "official character" and "ancient book". It is a font produced on the basis of seal script to meet the needs of convenient writing. The seal script is simplified, and the uniform circle lines of the seal script are changed into straight strokes, which is convenient for writing. This is a font created in prison
Official script can be divided into "Qin Li" (also called "Guli") and "Han Li" (also called "Golden Calendar"). The appearance of official script is a great change in ancient writing and calligraphy. Official script is a common solemn font in Chinese characters, with a slightly flat writing effect, long horizontal drawing and short straight drawing, and pays attention to "swallow tail of silkworm head" and "twists and turns".
It originated in the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Calligraphy is known as "Han Li Tang Kai". It is also said that official script originated in the Warring States period. Official script is relative to seal script, and its name originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty. The appearance of official script is another great change of China's writing, which has brought China's calligraphy art into a new realm.
A turning point in the development history of Chinese characters laid the foundation for regular script. Official script is flat, neat and exquisite. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the painting methods such as skimming, pressing and pointing were beautified as upward provocation, with different degrees of severity and artistic beauty of calligraphy. Styles also tend to be diversified, which is of great artistic appreciation value.