Running script with regular script or close to regular script is called "running script", and cursive script or close to cursive script is called "running script". The famous representative work in the running script is Lushan Temple Monument written by Li Yong in Tang Dynasty, which is fluent and rich. There are Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu, Xian Yushu and Li Kang in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhiming, Dong Qichang and Wang Duo in the Ming Dynasty, and those in the Qing Dynasty. They are all good at running script or cursive script, and many works have been handed down from generation to generation.
Running script is between regular script and cursive script, and its pen is also a combination of regular script and cursive script. But this dual-use is not a blunt application, but an organic combination of selection, change and processing for the convenience of writing and the needs of the body. Therefore, in the form of expression, those close to the script are not completely similar to the script, and those close to the cursive script are often different from the script, forming a series of unique stippling forms. Generally speaking, running script is close to regular script (that is, regular script) because of regular script. However, because the writing speed and rhythm are faster than those of regular script, the pen tip can't stay in stippling for a long time, and most of them go with the flow, which can't help but change the original stippling form of regular script and naturally form a new pen-using feature. Running script is close to cursive script (that is, cursive script). In order to keep the legibility of fonts, most of them use the principles and gestures of cursive script to turn pens, and the specific methods are different from cursive script. This is how the running script changes between regular script and cursive script. Cursive script omits reduction and substitution. General orthography requires complete structural components, cursive script can omit many unimportant parts, and some parts can be replaced by dots and lines. There are often subtle connections between strokes and between various components in the structure. Because of this implication, the structure and stroke form of cursive script have changed. The normal body is a straight line, but the cursive script is a variety of curves, and the curves make the cursive script look different from the normal body. Radicals are re-agreed, for example, "character" and "person" are different in body, but they are often written as the same symbol in cursive script, which is the merger phenomenon in cursive script. Regular script Regular script is also called official script, or real book. Its characteristics are: square shape, straight strokes, can be used as a model, hence the name. Began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are many famous regular script writers, such as Ou Ti (Ou Yangxun), Yu Ti (Yu Shinan), Yan Ti (Yan Zhenqing), Liu Ti (Liu Gongquan) and Zhao Ti (Zhao Mengfu).
Generally speaking, writing small characters is very different from writing big characters. In principle, writing big characters should be close and seamless, and writing small characters should be more spacious. In other words: writing big characters should be as accurate as writing small characters; Writing small characters is as cramped as writing big characters, so the ancients said, "Writing big characters should be like small characters, and writing small characters should be like big characters." There is not much difference between the center of gravity of writing fine print and the coordination of strokes. As for the pen, it is slightly different. Small print should be round, beautiful, straight and neat; Big characters should be magnificent and heavy. Use the back front (hidden front) to write big characters and the back front to receive pens; You don't have to use sharp edges to write fine print, but use sharp edges to collect pens. Official script is one of the important styles in the evolution of calligraphy.
Official script evolved from seal script, changed the brushwork of square folding with a square shape, and changed the slender brushwork into a new book of horizontal organization with a wave shape. It is a calligraphy style and plays an important role in connecting the preceding with the following.
First of all, we should consider the basic writing characteristics of official script, which are generally summarized as follows: the body is flat and extends left and right; Left-handed and right-handed, silkworm head dovetail; Zigzag square garden with clear stippling; Teton combination, thick accumulation and thin hair. Simplify the complex, change the font into a square and change the strokes into straight ones. Changing "Lian Bi" into "broken pen" and changing lines into strokes makes writing more convenient. This kind of writing is very popular in "Tuli" (a small official in a lower official position), so it is called Lishu. In the Han dynasty, this kind of writing began to prevail and became the main writing. The appearance of official script is a turning point in the development history of Chinese characters, which laid the foundation for regular script. Official script is flat, neat and exquisite. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the painting of skimming and pressing was beautified as upward provocation, with different degrees of severity. It enhances the aesthetic feeling of the plastic arts of calligraphy, enriches the style and greatly improves the artistic appreciation value. Lishu Lishu is the earliest calligraphy style, and its brushwork is relatively simple compared with other styles. The knot of seal script is decorative. Therefore, "calligraphy begins with seal script, and learners learn seal script first." The style of seal script is serious and the cloth is rigorous. Learning seal script can avoid the problems of weakness, vulgarity, shortage and inclination. "