Chinese character type:
Chinese characters mainly come from recordable pictographs, which are the basis of the formation and development of Chinese character system. Later, it evolved for thousands of years, including Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, seal script, official script, regular script, cursive script and running script. Regular script is used, but it has not been fully finalized.
Big seal script:
Dazhuan is a Chinese character. Legend has it that it was written by Zhou Xuanwang's uncle, so it is also called Wen Shu or Shu Shu. In the Qin dynasty, it was called Da Zhuan, which was different from Xiao Zhuan. Dazhuan originated in the late Western Zhou Dynasty and traveled in Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
The fonts are similar to those of Qin Zhuan, but the configurations of glyphs overlap. Representing the present Shi Guwen, it was named after a book written by Tai Shihuan of Zhou Xuanwang. On the basis of the original text, he transformed it and got his name because it was engraved on the stone drum. It is the earliest stone carving text and the ancestor of stone carving.
Small seal script:
Xiao Zhuan is also called "Qin Zhuan". During the Qin Dynasty, Li Si was ordered to unify the characters, which was called Xiao Zhuan. It was in the Qin dynasty. The shape is long, even and neat, and it evolved from Da Zhuan. Xu Shen's Record of Explaining Words in the Eastern Han Dynasty said: "Qin Shihuang is the first emperor in the world ... not to mention those who are at odds with Qin Wen. Reese wrote Cang Xie, CZ ordered Zhao Gao to write a calendar, and a surname ordered Hu Wujing to write a learning book.
They are all made of stone calligraphy, or they are quite preserved. The so-called small seal script is also. "Now there are carved stone relics in Langya and Taishan, which is the masterpiece of Biography. It is said that after Qin Shihuang unified China, Reese implemented the policy of "learning by analogy, learning by car". Li Si, the Prime Minister, was in charge of the unified quantity policy, which was simplified on the basis of the original seal script of Qin State.
Cancel the variant forms of the other six countries and create a unified writing form of Chinese characters. It was popular in China until the end of the Western Han Dynasty, and was gradually replaced by official script. But because of its beautiful font, it has always been praised by calligraphers.
Because of its complex strokes and simple form, it is possible to add twists and turns and seal cutting at will, especially the official seal that needs anti-counterfeiting. Seal script was always used until the collapse of feudal dynasty and the emergence of modern new anti-counterfeiting technology. All the words in Kangxi Dictionary are also marked with seal script writing.