Official script is also called "official character" and "ancient book". It is a font produced on the basis of seal script to meet the needs of convenient writing.
Lishu simplifies the seal script, turning the flat and round lines of seal script into straight strokes, which is convenient for writing. Official script can be divided into "Qin Li" (also called "Guli") and "Han Li" (also called "Golden Calendar"). The appearance of official script is a great change in ancient writing and calligraphy.
Shuo Wen Jie Zi explains that Li means "attachment", while The Biography of Feng Yi in the Later Han Dynasty teaches it as "genus", which has been used up to now and has the word "cong" in modern Chinese. Wei Hengzhuan in the Book of Jin, Shuo Wen Jie Zi Preface and paragraph notes all think that official script is inferior to Sasuke's seal script, so official script is the auxiliary font of Xiao's seal script. "
Official script is a common solemn font in Chinese characters, with a slightly flat writing effect, long horizontal drawing and short straight drawing, and pays attention to "swallow tail of silkworm head" and "twists and turns". It originated in the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Calligraphy is known as "Han Li Tang Kai". It is also said that official script originated in the Warring States period.
Historical background:
Official script is relative to seal script, and its name originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty. The appearance of official script is another great change of China characters, which brings China's calligraphy art into a new realm, is a turning point in the development history of Chinese characters, and lays the foundation for regular script.
Official script is flat, neat and exquisite. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the painting methods such as skimming, pressing and pointing were beautified as upward provocation, with different degrees of severity and artistic beauty of calligraphy. Styles also tend to be diversified, which is of great artistic appreciation value.