What are the characteristics of Cao Zhang?

Cao Zhang is a cursive script of official script. It is a new style of calligraphy evolved from Cao Li in Qin Dynasty. After sorting out A Journey to the History of the Western Han Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, it was compiled into Urgent Chapter, which made this new book have a style and thus a model of cursive writing. Cao Zhang's calligraphy style is characterized by independent characters, unlike this cursive knot. Its strokes are characterized by being round as a seal and sharp as a plum. Within a word, there is a connection between strokes, a lingering connection, and the thickness of strokes changes greatly. Some horizontal paintings are often picked out with the right and upper strokes of official script, just like official script.

Characteristics of Cao Zhang's calligraphy: The silkworm head without official script in Cao Zhang Province kept the goose tail, which made it inconvenient to write quickly, so Cao Zhang was replaced by this kind of grass. However, on this grassland, there are many obvious inheritance relations with Cao Zhang. Calligrapher Wang Shitang once said, "It is appropriate for beginners to learn, and it is appropriate to learn today." He also said: "Learning from time to time, not knowing the rules, is asking Fiona Fang without rules, and I have never seen it." "An Introduction to Calligraphy" also said: "If you are still ignorant of Cao Zhang, it is equivalent to learning without a monument, and its vulgarity is self-evident. Thus, it is important and necessary to learn Cao Zhang first, and then learn Materia Medica. 《