Shangde Han bamboo slips calligraphy

As far as calligraphy is concerned, there is a difference between Han stele and Han bamboo slips: Han stele was carved after Shu Dan, and then developed into Medog, while Han bamboo slips were written directly on bamboo slips with a brush.

The writing of the tablet is formal, and its use of words, content, font and even the process of writing and engraving are very rigorous; The writing of Han bamboo slips is the embodiment of real writing, and the writer is often in a relaxed state, without the pressure and burden of having to write well. Calligraphy has no intention of putting Yoga Yu first, and the arrangement of Han bamboo slips and Han books has different aesthetic tastes. The enlightenment of Han bamboo slips calligraphy to today is more a natural attitude.

The writing content of Han bamboo slips is either correspondence notes or clerical reports, so the pen is informal, bold and naive. In the composition layout, there are vertical lines but no horizontal lines, and the vertical pens in bamboo slips tend to drag down, while thick lines and bold use of ink have a unique artistic effect, and eventually become an excessive calligraphy style from seal script to running script-Han bamboo slips calligraphy.

The inscriptions in Han Dynasty are mainly official script, and the inscriptions are mostly seal script. There are many Han steles (including rubbings), such as Zhang Qianbei, Yiying stele, Huashan Temple stele, Liyue stele, etc. Han tablet is the product of the ritualization of stone carving system and the end of official change in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The establishment of the official stone carving system and the high maturity of the official language of official script laid a cultural and material foundation for the Han monument.