(1) According to Zhang Huai's Book End, "Calligraphers were created by Liu Desheng of Yingchuan in the later Han Dynasty, that is, the books were simple, so they were called calligraphers." From the statement that "running script" is transformed from "official script"
(2) According to Wang Sengqian's Book Title of Ancient Energy: "The clock has three bodies: one is the book of stone, and the most wonderful one is also; Second, the articles of association, secretary, primary school teacher; On the third day, I wrote a book, which was also heard by people. Hedong Weikaizi adopted Zhang Zhifa's method, participated in Kaifa's method, and even drafted it. The draft is also a book. " From the facts, running script, also known as running script, was originally developed from the signing of line drawing. Those who hear each other mean to believe.
2. Features of running script
Running script pen has the following characteristics:
(1) stippling is mostly written by exposing the front face to paper;
(2) replace flatness with flat edge;
(3) replacing complex stippling with simple strokes;
(4) Strengthen the echo of points and paintings by means of hooking, picking and tying;
(5) Replace square fold with round fold;
3. Representative figures
The most famous running script is Preface to Lanting written by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Predecessors described it as "a dragon flying from heaven, a tiger lying in a phoenix" and praised it as "the best running script in the world".
In the Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing's "Sacrificing a Nephew" was bold and unconstrained, and the ancients rated it as "the second running script in the world". Su Shi's Huangzhou Cold Food Sticker is called "the third running script in the world". The famous representative work in the running script is Lushan Temple Monument written by Li Yong in Tang Dynasty, which is fluent and rich.
There are Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fei and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Mengfu, Xian Yushu and Kang in the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhiming, Dong Qichang and Wang Duo in the Ming Dynasty, and Liu Yong and He in the Qing Dynasty. They are all good at running script or cursive script, and many works have been handed down from generation to generation.
4. Three main running scripts
There are three major running scripts in the world. Because of the praise of many scholars, the world called Cold Food Sticker, Preface to Lanting by Wang Xizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Sacrifice to My Nephew by Yan Zhenqing in the Tang Dynasty "the three major running scripts in the world", or simply called Cold Food Sticker "the third running script in the world".