Appreciation of Wang Xizhi's cursive works
Cao Zhang originated in the Western Han Dynasty and flourished in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The font is in the form of official script, and the characters are different and correct each other. Cao Zhang's name has been interpreted in different dynasties. It is the most absurd to say that Cao Zhang got his name from the chapter in Urgent Chapter since the end of Han Dynasty. It is speculated that Zhang Di liked cursive script or ordered it to be used as a souvenir, and even said that Zhang Di created cursive script. Some chapters are synonymous with the articles of association and Zhang Kaizhang, which are in line with the early cursive script with eight strokes, and the words are not related to each other, and the strokes have changed into rules to follow, which many people believe.
Wang Xizhi's exquisite cursive calligraphy pictures
When did this grass come into being? There are two viewpoints: Zhang Zhi in the late Han Dynasty, Wang Xizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Wang Qia. From the handed down tables, stickers and unearthed Han bamboo slips and bricks, it can be seen that at the end of the Han Dynasty, eight-part essay, as a regular script, had a writing method similar to real books. Cursive scripts can also mutate. Cui Yuan, a cursive writer who is a little later than Zhang Zhi, described cursive script as "like a string of beads, never leaving", "losing momentum, entangled with others", "hanging without a tail" and "having subtle opportunities, adapting temporarily". It can be seen that the cursive script at the end of Han Dynasty was smooth and informal. The development of calligraphy has no obvious boundaries. It is said that this grass originated from the bud of Zhang Zhi as a new body; It is said that this grass originated from the two kings, focusing on the typical formation. True books have been handed down since the Tang Dynasty.