The standard font for calligraphy is Kai style. The standard font for calligraphy is Kai style.
1. Introduction: Regular script is also called Zhengkai, Zhenshu, and Zhengshu. It gradually evolved from the official script and became more simplified, horizontal and vertical. "Cihai" explains that it has "a square shape and straight strokes, which can be used as a model." This kind of Chinese character font is correct and is the modern traditional handwritten Chinese character.
2. The evolution and development of regular script
What is generally called regular script today gradually evolved from Han Li. According to the period, it can be divided into Wei Stele and Tang Kai.
Wei stele refers to the calligraphy style of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. It can be said to be a transitional calligraphy style from official script to regular script. Zhong Chishuai's "Xue Xuan Calligraphy" states: "Wei stele calligraphy, From the top we can get a glimpse of the old styles of the Han and Qin Dynasties, and from the bottom we can observe the customs of the Sui and Tang dynasties. "Wei steles often contain the writing style of the official script of the Han Dynasty, so their regular script nature is immature, but it is precisely because of this immaturity. The scene of a hundred flowers blooming has a strange mood, forming a unique beauty. Kang Youwei commented that it was "the ten beauties of Wei stele".
In the narrow sense, regular script refers to the Tang regular script that gradually matured after the Tang Dynasty. Its representatives include Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, and Xue Ji in the early Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing in the middle Tang Dynasty, and Yan Zhenqing in the late Tang Dynasty. Liu Gongquan. We often call the four masters of regular script "Yan Liu, Ouzhao", the first three were in the Tang Dynasty.
By the end of the Tang Dynasty, regular script had reached its peak, and the style was too regular, so it gradually declined. However, "Tang books emphasize method and Song books emphasize meaning." Su Shi of the Song Dynasty created the plump, innocent and innocent "Su style" with his poet style, which can be called "the first in the Song Dynasty".
Zhao Mengfu in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, with his tranquility and smoothness, formed the "Zhao style", which is also the "Zhao" among the four major styles. However, strictly speaking, the "Zhao style" should belong to Xingkai style , is no longer regular regular script, so beginners generally start with one of the three "Yan Liu Ou" scripts, which is also recognized as the right way to learn calligraphy.
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Classification of traditional calligraphy fonts
Traditional calligraphy fonts include five types: running script fonts, cursive script fonts, official script fonts, seal script fonts and regular script fonts.
1. Running script font
1. Definition: Running script is a general term, which is divided into two types: running regular script and running cursive script. It was developed on the basis of regular script and is a font between regular script and cursive script. It was created to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the difficulty of identifying cursive script. "Xing" means "walking", so it is not as sloppy as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script. In essence, it is the cursiveization of regular script or the regularization of cursive script.
2. Representative works: "Lanting Preface" by Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, "Manuscript of Sacrifice to Nephew" written by Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty, "Huangzhou Cold Food Post" by Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, etc.
2. Cursive font
1. Interpretation: It was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing. It is characterized by simple structure and continuous strokes. Cursive script is divided into Zhangcao and Jincao, and Jincao is divided into big grass (also called crazy grass) and small grass. It feels beautiful in the madness.
2. Representative works: "Belly Pain Tie" and "Four Ancient Poems Tie" by Zhang Xu of the Tang Dynasty, Huaisu's "Autobiography Tie" of the Tang Dynasty, etc.
3. Official script fonts
1. Interpretation: Official script, including Qin Li, Han Li, etc., is generally believed to be developed from seal script. The fonts are mostly wide and flat, and the horizontal strokes are long. The vertical paintings are short and pay attention to "silkworm head and wild goose tail" and "twists and turns".
2. Representative works: "Zhang Qian Stele", "Cao Quan Stele", "Shi Chen Stele", etc.
4. Seal script font
1. Definition: Seal script is the collective name for large seal script and small seal script. The brushwork is thin, strong and straight, with many straight lines. There are square pens, round pens, and pointed pens, and there are many "hanging needles" in the handwriting. Dazhuan refers to bronze inscriptions, Zhou inscriptions and Six Kingdoms inscriptions, which preserve the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphs. Small seal script, also known as "Qin seal script", is the common script of the Qin Dynasty. It is a simplified font of large seal script. It is characterized by a uniform and neat shape and a font that is easier to write than Zhenwen.
2. Representative works: Li Si's "Yishan Stele", Li Yangbing's "Three Tombs", etc.
5. Regular script font
1. Definition: Also known as regular script, true script, and regular script.
It gradually evolved from the official script and became more simplified, horizontal and vertical.
2. Representative works: Ouyang Xun's "Inscription on the Liquan of Jiucheng Palace", "Stele of Huadu Temple", Chu Suiliang's "Preface to the Holy Religion of the Wild Goose Pagoda", etc.
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