cursive script appeared in the Han dynasty.
Introduction to cursive script:
Cursive script is a font of Chinese characters, which has both broad and narrow meanings. In a broad sense, regardless of the age, all scribbled words are regarded as cursive. Narrow sense, that is, as a specific font, was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the sake of simple writing.
the development of cursive script:
1. The early cursive script broke the strict rules of official script, which was a hasty writing. It is called "Zhangcao". It is an elegant cursive style that blends early cursive script with han li, with distinct waves, wavy strokes, independent characters, square glyphs and horizontal strokes.
2. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhangcao was further "grassed", and the strokes of Lishu were removed. The strokes of the upper and lower characters were connected, and the radicals were simplified and borrowed, which was called "Modern Grass".
Today's cursive script evolved from Zhang Cao, and it has been popular since Wei and Jin Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, this grass was written more indulgently, with continuous strokes and varied glyphs, which was called "Crazy Grass", also known as Big Grass.
3. In modern times, the aesthetic value of cursive script far exceeds its practical value. The cursive script is to connect the words with dots according to a certain law, with simple structure, and it is borrowed by the side, and it is not arbitrary scribbling. One of the main features of cursive symbols is the hook connection of strokes, including up and down hook connection and left and right hook connection.
Principles of composition of cursive script:
1. The momentum runs through
The brushwork is changeable, such as "floating like a cloud, defying like a dragon", "crashing waves and thundering" and "flying with a hundred arrows", which are common adjectives in calligraphy, and all of them use things to express feelings in unpredictable dynamics. It is precisely because the cursive script is not fixed, so you can freely imagine and think about the sky.
2. Complicated changes
The intricate changes of cursive writing style are indescribable, which refer to the intricate size of characters, the intricate density of strokes, the intricate balance of strokes, and so on. Huai Su's Autobiographical Notes and Zhang Xu's Four Ancient Poems are all full of intricate changes, and their styles are often referred to as "sleet".
3, the virtual and the real coexist
The cursive script should be "virtual and the real coexist". "Reality" refers to the stippling on paper, that is, the black place with ink; "Virtual" refers to the blank space other than stippling on paper, that is, the white space without ink.