How to evaluate Li Si's seal script?

Qing Kang Youwei said, "Qin Fen is Xiao Chuan. With Lisi as the ancestor, today's Langya Mountain, Taishan Mountain, Huiji Mountain and Zhiguo Mountain are also carved with stones. Xiang Si's strokes are like stones and his body is like flying flowers, which is the calligrapher's patriarchal clan system. If (Shi Guwen) falls to the ground, the grass will be covered with clouds. Don't worry about the whole cutting, it is unique. The body is slightly flat, and the insects are unified, and the gas is similar. " "Stone Drum" is not only the first antique of China, but also the first rule of calligraphers.

Note: Li Si is worthy of being the originator of Xiao Zhuan and has made outstanding contributions to China's calligraphy.

Those things about Xiao Zhuan:

After Qin Shihuang unified China (22 1 year ago), Xiao Zhuan implemented the policy of "the words are the same, the cars are the same", and unified measurement is responsible. On the basis of the original script of the Qin Dynasty's Da Zhuan, it was simplified, and the variant characters of the other six countries were cancelled, creating a unified writing form of Chinese characters. It was popular in China until the end of the Western Han Dynasty (about 8 AD) and was gradually replaced by official script. But because of its beautiful font, it has always been favored by calligraphers. Because of its complex strokes and simple form, it is possible to add twists and turns and seal cutting at will, especially the official seal that needs anti-counterfeiting. Seal script was always used until the collapse of feudal dynasty and the emergence of modern new anti-counterfeiting technology. Most of the characters in Modern Kangxi Dictionary are also marked with seal script writing.

The formation of seal script

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he felt that the national writing was complicated and the style of writing was different, so he put forward the idea of "the same language is not named" and unified the writing and style. Qin Shihuang asked Lisi, who was good at calligraphy, to write a ghost. Therefore, Xiao Zhuan is also called "Qin Zhuan".

Another reason is to change the original winding stroke lines and sort out a new font with even strokes and convenient writing.

The formulation of seal script is the first time in China to systematically standardize the writing of Chinese characters.