"Six Books" does not refer to six books. It was first seen in "Zhou Li". After the Qing Dynasty, it generally refers to pictograms, referring to things, understandings, pictophonetics, transfers and borrowings. Scholars in the Han Dynasty combined the composition of Chinese characters with The usage methods are summarized into six types, collectively called six books.
In fact, the ancients did not create Chinese characters after having the Six Books. Because Chinese characters had developed quite systematically during the Shang Dynasty, there were no records of the Six Books at that time. The Six Books is a system that people from the Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty analyzed and summarized Chinese characters. However, after the "Six Books" system was established, people used this system as the basis when they created new characters.
The significance of the Liushu method of making characters
As a method of making characters, "Six Books" can realize the specific transformation from meaning to Chinese character symbols; as a literacy method, it can also complete the transformation of Chinese characters from Awareness of symbols to abstract meanings. "Six Books" is a crucial theory for understanding the meaning of the Six Classics and studying the five-body calligraphy.
Understanding the construction principles of Chinese characters will help calligraphers create more "vivid" images of Chinese characters. The structure of Chinese characters is originally a visual symbol extracted from various images, so "righteousness" can awaken the image consciousness in people's minds and give Chinese characters "body posture". This "body posture" can also be understood as a kind of beauty. form. This actually gives life to the Chinese character form.