Oracle bone inscriptions in the Shang Dynasty
Eight types of fonts including bronze inscriptions, large seal script, small seal script, official script, cursive script, regular script and running script
Oracle bone inscriptions in the Shang Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty: Bronze Inscriptions
Qin Dynasty: Xiaozhuan
Han Dynasty: Regular Script and Running Script
Extended Information
The appearance of running script The time is about the same as that of Bafen Kaifa, and its form is also very close to Bafen Kaifa and later official scripts. This is equivalent to changing (Zhang) cursive script from official script - deriving other branches from "zhengti characters". In addition to the official script, the "Orthodox" characters of the Huanling Dynasty were followed by the "eight-point regular script", so people think that the running script is another branch of the "eight-point regular script".
In fact, it is the same as other calligraphy styles. It was originally created by ordinary mass writers. As long as the eight-point script is made more similar to other calligraphy and loses the trend of official script, it will become running script. , we can see it everywhere in the bamboo slips generally unearthed in the late Han Dynasty. In the late Han Dynasty, running script was not widely used. It was not until the emergence of Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty that it became popular.