The inscriptions on the Xiaoked Ding of the Western Zhou Dynasty belong to seal script.
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Zhuan script (篆文, seal style) is an ancient Chinese calligraphy style. In a broad sense, it refers to the style of writing before official script, and in a narrow sense, it specifically refers to large seal script and small seal script.
The writing style of seal script is thin, strong and upright. The starting strokes include square, round and pointed pens, and the finishing strokes are mostly "hanging needle". Large Seal Script refers to Bronze Inscriptions, Zhou Script, and Six Kingdoms scripts, which preserve the obvious characteristics of ancient hieroglyphics; Small Seal Script is the common script of the Qin Dynasty, and Large Seal Script is a simplified font, which is characterized by a uniform and neat shape, making it easier to write than Zhou Script. Modern Chinese characters evolved from Xiaozhuan.
Among the stone inscriptions handed down from ancient times to large seal scripts, Shigu inscriptions are the most representative. This kind of stone tool is undoubtedly the oldest and most reliable stone carving relic in China. It is now stored in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
"Shigu Wen" plays an important role in the history of calligraphy as a link between the past and the future. The oldest rubbings of Shiguwen known to the world are Song rubbings from the Tianyi Pavilion of the Fan family in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The font of Shiguwen is roughly between Zhou Jinwen and Qin Xiaozhuan.
Compared with the small seal script, it can be called the big seal script and is the representative work of the big seal script. Its font is similar to Xiaozhuan but more complicated, and it is similar to Zongzhou Yi vessels and more regular. It can be called a classic of seriousness and neatness. In his "Guang Yi Zhou Shuang Ji", Kang Youwei called the stone drum inscriptions: "The fine gold falls to the ground, the grass is clustered in clouds, and it is not troublesome to trim, and it has its own uniqueness. The body is slightly square and flat, and the insects are all around. The gases are similar, and the stone drum is both It is the first ancient object in China and should also be the first rule for calligraphers." It can be said to be highly appreciated.
The Shigu text is a treasure of the art world. However, after the Northern Song Dynasty, calligraphy studies flourished and few people came to study it. It was not until the middle of the Qing Dynasty that the trend of archaeological steles revived, and the Shigu text was especially highly regarded by calligraphers. Wu Da can obtain the solemn and harmonious charm of his code. Wu Changshuo expressed his ancient and heroic spirit. The calligraphy of both men is of great importance to the present and to future generations.
Seal script is the collective name for large seal script and small seal script. The Great Seal Script was written during the Zhou Dynasty. Broadly speaking, Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Bronze Inscriptions both belong to the Great Seal Script. In the Zhou Dynasty, after hundreds of years of chaos, different countries developed different characters, which we can regard as various seal scripts.
After unifying the six kingdoms, the Qin State synthesized the characters of the seven kingdoms and formulated a universal script, which is Xiaozhuan. Modern Chinese characters evolved from Xiaozhuan. Although Xiaozhuan has a history of nearly 2,200 years, it still appears in many occasions today, especially in art design, calligraphy and painting works.