Wen Shu is also known as Shu Shu and Da Zhuan. It was named after the "Interpretation of Shuan" written by Zhou Taishi. Fonts overlap. The representative of Wen Shu is now Shi Guwen, named after the book written by Zhou Xuanwang Taishi. On the basis of the original text, he transformed it and got his name because it was engraved on the stone drum. It is the earliest stone carving text that has been circulated so far, and it is the ancestor of stone carving.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, ten stone tablets were found in Tianxing County (now Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province), which were shaped like high-legged steamed buns and drums, hence the name "Shigu". Each stone drum is engraved with a four-character poem with six or seven crosses. According to experts' research, these stone drums were from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period. These poems are in praise of the King of Qin, and Shi Guwen is the earliest stone carving in existence.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, three stone carvings were found, the contents of which were that the king of Qin cursed the king of Chu, and later people called the above words "Curse Chu Wen". The stone frescoes of Shi Guwen Town in Qin Dynasty were the "Oriental Red" of Daqin Empire. Scholars have discussed the exact age for thousands of years and put forward different opinions. So far, there is no definite conclusion that everyone can agree with.
The origin and development of Wen Shu;
Da Zhuan, also known as Wen Shu, is said to have been created by Tai Shi Shu of Zhou Xuanwang. Popular in Qin and other places during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Seal script is mainly written on wooden slips, bamboo slips or silk books. Its shape is fixed and neat, its structure is proper, its strokes are curved, and its font is more beautiful than bronze inscriptions. However, as far as its essential connotation is concerned, Dazhuan is not much different from Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen.
Wen Shu is still based on hieroglyphics and the main building methods are sound and form. Wen Shu began in the late Western Zhou Dynasty and was popular in Qin during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was named after Zhou Xuanwang's fifteen biographies of Shi Shuda. At present, the Palace Museum has ten Zhou Dynasty stone drums with ten four-character poems engraved on them. Because these words are engraved on ten drum-shaped stones, they are called "Shi Guwen".
In Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi, there are hundreds of words marked "Wen Shu". From the perspective of calligraphy, Wen Shu and Jin Wen are also called "Da Zhuan", and Wen Shu is represented by "Shi Guwen". It is characterized by more standard than bronze inscriptions, more mature fonts, rigorous structure, full and round strokes and symmetrical layout, showing a simple, rich and extraordinary style.