At present, the materials related to primitive Chinese characters are mainly descriptive symbols left by primitive society on pottery, but many linguists think that they are not words, but only play a role in the production of primitive characters.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were great differences in languages among countries, which was a major obstacle to economic and cultural development. Qin Shihuang annexed the world, and Prime Minister Li Si presided over the unification of the national characters, which was a great achievement in the cultural history of China.
Judging from the development of China's calligraphy, Wei and Jin Dynasties are an important historical stage to complete the evolution of calligraphy. It is a well-prepared generation of many forces. So far, Han Li has finalized the basic form of square Chinese characters.
The emergence, development and maturity of official script gave birth to the original script (regular script), while cursive script sprouted almost at the same time as official script. Real calligraphy, running script and cursive script were shaped in Wei and Jin Dynasties.
The culture of the Tang Dynasty was profound and brilliant, reaching the peak of feudal culture in China, which can be described as "books flourished in the early Tang Dynasty". There were more ink marks in the Tang Dynasty than in the previous generation, and a large number of inscriptions left precious calligraphy works.
On the occasion of the decline of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin launched a mutiny in Chen Qiao and established the Zhao and Song Dynasties. Half a century of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Rebellion ended and the country was reunified. From 960 to 1279, calligraphy developed slowly for more than 300 years.
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The overall beauty of calligraphy;
The basic shape of Chinese characters is square, but through the expansion and contraction of stippling and the torsion of axis, various moving shapes can also be formed, thus combining into beautiful calligraphy works. The form of the knot is mainly influenced by two factors: one is the need to express the interest of calligraphy; The second is the formal factors of calligraphy performance.
As far as the latter is concerned, it is mainly reflected in three aspects: first, the influence of calligraphy, such as the vertical rectangle of seal script; Second, the influence of glyphs, some of which are oblate and some are rectangular; The third is the influence of composition. Therefore, only under the control of the above two factors can we create beautiful knots by actively creating forms.
Baidu Encyclopedia-China Calligraphy History