1, Oracle Bone Inscriptions: also known as Wen Qi and Yin Ruins. According to archaeological findings, Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the earliest systematic ancient writing, which was first unearthed in Yinxu, Anyang City, Henan Province.
2. Bronze Inscription: refers to the inscription cast on bronzes of Yin Shang and Zhou Dynasties, also known as Zhong Dingwen. Shang and Zhou Dynasties were the bronze age, with the tripod as the representative ritual vessel and the bell as the representative musical instrument. "Zhong Ding" was synonymous with bronze ware. Bronze inscriptions took about 800 years from the end of Shang Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty's destruction of the Six Kingdoms.
3. Seal script: it is a general term for big seal script and small seal script. Big seal script refers to inscriptions on bronze inscriptions, bronzes and six-country scripts, which retain the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphics. Xiao Zhuan, also known as "Qin Zhuan", is a common character in Qin State and a simplified font of Da Zhuan, which is characterized by even and neat font and easy writing.
4. Lishu: Originated in the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Calligraphy is known as "Han Li Tang Kai".
5. Regular script: Although China's regular script sprouted in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the truly literate regular script appeared in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Regular script changed from folk germination to calligraphy orthodoxy, and was widely studied by scholars at that time as a fashion. This is also the most widely used Chinese character.
6. Cursive script: Cursive script began in the Han Dynasty, and evolved on the basis of official script for simplicity, including Cao Zhang, Jincao and Kuangcao. Cursive script is characterized by ups and downs, dragons and snakes go hand in hand.
7. Running scripts: Running scripts can be divided into running scripts and running scripts. It is developed and originated on the basis of regular script, and it is a font between regular script and cursive script, which is produced to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the illegibility of cursive script. It appeared in the late Western Han Dynasty and the early Eastern Han Dynasty.