Official script evolved from seal script, especially Xiaozhuan script. Official script can be divided into Qin official script and Han official script, also known as ancient official script and modern official script. Studying the history of reading, Fang Xiao found that official script has undergone several changes and has its profound historical background and transformative power.
Origin
Official script is also called "official script" and "ancient script". It is a font based on seal script and produced to meet the needs of convenient writing. Simplify the small seal script, and change the evenly rounded lines of the small seal script into straight and square strokes, making it easier to write. It was a font that was created in prison. It is divided into "Qin Li" (also called "Ancient Li") and "Han Li" (also called "Modern Li"). The emergence of official script was a major change in ancient writing and calligraphy.
Clerical script is a common solemn font in Chinese characters. The writing effect is slightly wide and flat, with long horizontal strokes and short straight strokes. It pays attention to "silkworm head and swallow tail" and "twists and turns". It originated in the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is known as "Han Li Tang Kai" in the calligraphy circle. It is also said that official script originated during the Warring States Period.
Official script is relative to seal script, and the name of official script originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty. The emergence of official script was another major reform of Chinese characters, which brought Chinese calligraphy art into a new realm. It was a turning point in the history of the evolution of Chinese characters and laid the foundation for regular script. The structure of official script is flat, neat and delicate. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, the strokes, strokes, dots and other paintings were transformed into upward strokes, with changes in light and heavy pauses and the beauty of calligraphy art. The styles are also becoming more diverse, which is of great value for artistic appreciation.
According to legend, the official script was compiled by Cheng Miao in prison at the end of the Qin Dynasty. He eliminated complexity and simplified it, changing the character shape from round to square, and the strokes from curved to straight. Change "continuous strokes" to "broken strokes" and move from lines to strokes, making it easier to write. "Liren" is not a prisoner, but refers to a "subordinate official", that is, a small official in charge of documents, so in ancient times the official script was called "zuoshu". The calligraphy style also derived from cursive script, regular script, and running script, laying the foundation for art.
The official script basically evolved from the seal script. The round strokes of the seal script were mainly changed to square folds. Because it is difficult to draw round strokes when writing on wooden slips with lacquer, the writing speed of the official script is faster. quick.