I. Oracle Bone Inscriptions
Oracle Bone Inscriptions's three basic elements: pen, writing and composition.
Wu Ding's works in Shang Dynasty are bold and unconstrained in style, with scattered shapes and sizes, vivid, changeable and natural.
Second, Jin Wen
Bronze inscriptions are slightly thick, simple and have the spirit of gold and stone.
Third, Shi Guwen.
Shi Guwen is the earliest stone carving in China, and is known as the "ancestor of stone carving" in the world. Its font is a typical Qin calligraphy style, which has a great influence on the appearance of Xiao Zhuan in the late Qin Dynasty.
Fourth, the big seal script
With more consistent word-making principles and styles, writing is more beautiful, and gradually forms a big seal style.
Five, Xiao Zhuan
Its strokes are even, round and vigorous, with stable structure, dense on the top and sparse on the bottom, and steady and stretching.
Sixth, official script.
The appearance of (1) Lishu is a milestone in the history of calligraphy development (liè), which obviously strengthens the meaning of waves and strokes and has a strong decorative interest. Lishu pays attention to "the swallow-tailed silkworm head" and "twists and turns", which prevailed in the Han Dynasty.
(2) Han Li's representative works include Monument to Fang Heng, Zhang Qianbei, Cao Quanbei, Monument to the Book of Rites and Ode to Shimen.
(7) cursive script
(1) is characterized by simple structure, continuous strokes, convenient writing and individuality, and is divided into Cao Zhang, Cao Jin and Kuangcao.
(2) Representative works: Thousand Pieces of Gravel by Zhang Xu in Tang Dynasty, Ancient Poetry and Taoism, Autobiography of Huai Su, etc. Zhang Xu is known as "the sage of grass" in history.
Eight, regular script
(1) is characterized by neat rules and is a model in fonts. The appearance of regular script indicates that the block of Chinese characters has been finalized.
(2) Zhong You at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was called "the ancestor of regular script", and he and Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were also called "Zhong Wang", which had a great influence on later generations.
(3) "Four Masters of Regular Script": Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan in Tang Dynasty and Zhao Mengfu in Yuan Dynasty.
Nine, running script
(1) Wang Xizhi wrote Preface to Lanting, which is known as "the best running script in the world". He is good at regular script, cursive script and running script, and later generations respect him as a "book saint". Yan Zhenqing is the author of "The Second Running Script in the World" and "The Manuscripts for Sacrificing Nephews". Su Shi wrote The Third Running Script in the World and Cold Food Post.
(2) Cai Xiang, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian and Mi Fei are also called "Song Sijia".