1, seal script
Seal script is divided into two categories: big seal script and small seal script. Dazhuan mainly refers to the ancient characters of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Zhong Dingwen, Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Xiao Zhuan is a legal script issued after Qin unified China, which was popular in Qin and Han Dynasties.
China characters with a long history germinated as early as ancient times, and symbolic characters appeared as early as 5000 BC. Although its writing function has not been freed from the simple function of recording pictures, its relationship with China characters is obvious.
2. Li
Before the emergence and maturity of regular script, official script was used from Qin Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms after the Western Han Dynasty. But its shape changes and beautifies from time to time. The official script of the Western Han Dynasty still maintained the legacy of the Qin Dynasty, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which tended to be neat and exquisite. The knot is flat, and there are waves (Si in Chinese characters) in the strokes, forming the basic form.
From Jin and Tang dynasties to modern times, although all kinds of characters, especially regular script, prevailed, official script was still widely circulated. It is precisely because of the wide variety, diverse styles and strong artistry of the official script structure in the Han Dynasty that it has always won people's love.
3. Grass
Cursive script includes Cao Zhang and Cao Jin, each with its own influence and genre. Early cursive script evolved from official script and was named "Cao Zhang". It is generally believed that it is a simpler style than official script, and it is used to write chapters or articles of association.
Cao Zhang changed Li Shu's writing style, which was horizontal, flat and vertical, and his pen was intermittent, and became a font with round rotation, alternating thickness and shape inspection. There is also a wave on the right side of the word, which is different from the current grass because it retains the meaning of Li.
According to legend, Cao Zhang was created by You in Huangmenling during the Han and Yuan Dynasties, and it has been passed down to this day with its "urgent chapter" (book passbook, etc.). ), later generations called it "Cao Zhang" because of its "chapter" (predecessors said "grass" also refers to grass creation). There is also a saying that Zhang, the emperor of the later Han Dynasty, liked cursive script. When playing this chapter, he was told to write in cursive script, so he called it "".