Dang’s cursive writing methods are vertical, dot, left, horizontal fold, horizontal and horizontal.
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Xingshu is a general term for calligraphy, which is divided into two types: Xingkai and Xingcao. It was developed on the basis of regular script and is a font between regular script and cursive script. It was created to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the difficulty of identifying cursive script.
Xing means walking, so it is not as sloppy as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script. In essence, it is the cursiveization of regular script or the regularization of cursive script. Those with more regular script than cursive script are called "Xing Kai", and those with more cursive script than regular script are called "Xing Cao".
Running script has high practicality and artistry, while regular script is a text symbol, which is highly practical and requires skill. In comparison, cursive script has high artistic quality, but its practicality is relatively insufficient. Running script is a calligraphy style between regular script and cursive script, which appeared around the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The name of running calligraphy first appeared in the article "Four Styles of Calligraphy" by Wei Heng of the Western Jin Dynasty: "In the early Wei Dynasty, there were two schools of running calligraphy, Zhong (Yao) and Hu (Zhao), and they both learned from Liu Desheng." Zhang Huaiguan's "Shujuan" of the Tang Dynasty recorded: "The running script was written by Liu Desheng. It is a small forgery of the original script, which is simple and popular, so it is called running script."
Zhang Huaiguan wrote in his "Shu Yi" "It also says: "The husband's running script is neither cursive nor true. It is separated from the square and escaped into the round. It is between Ji and Meng. Those who are both true and true are called true writing, and those who carry cursive calligraphy are called running cursive." Fengfang of the Ming Dynasty had more in "Shu Jue" It is a vivid description: "The writing does not stop, the paper does not engrave, the light turns and the heavy press, like water flowing in the clouds, without any interruption, it will always exist in business."
Running calligraphy is precisely because of its flowing flow. Its unique artistic expression, fast writing, elegant and easy to read, and broad practicality have been popular and widely spread since its creation.
After experiencing the golden period of the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the development period of the Tang Dynasty, running script reached a new peak in the Song Dynasty and gradually occupied a mainstream position among various calligraphy styles.
Throughout the long history of calligraphy, the development of seal script, official script, and regular script has experienced ups and downs, while running script has always been prosperous and has always been a prominent school in the field of calligraphy. Calligraphers of all ages have jointly written a glorious history of the development of running script.