The official calligraphy of the Cao Quan Stele in 1999 is as follows:
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The Cao Quan Stele (national treasure-level cultural relic) in the second year of Hanzhongping (AD 185), 272 high cm, width 95 cm. It was unearthed in Xinli Village, Qiachuan Town, Heyang County in the early Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. It was collected in the Xi'an Forest of Steles Museum in 1956 and is now the Forest of Steles in Xi'an. The content is Wang Wei's account of Cao Quan's life.
Cao Quan Stele (5) The stele is about 1.7 meters high and 0.86 meters wide. It is rectangular, has no forehead, and is made of hard and thin stone. Both sides of the stele are engraved with official script inscriptions. The upper part of the stele has 20 lines, with a full line of 45 characters; the lower part of the stele is divided into 5 columns, and the numbers in each column are equal. In the early Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty, the stele was unearthed in the old city of Heyang County, Shaanxi Province. In the late Ming Dynasty, it is said that the stele broke, and what people usually see are the rubbings after the break.
The full name of Cao Quan Stele is Han Heyang Ling Cao Quan Stele. It is an important stele in the Eastern Han Dynasty of China and was erected in the second year of Zhongping (185) of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In 1956, it was moved to the Forest of Steles Museum in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province for preservation. Cao Quan's stele is a representative work of official script in the Han Dynasty. It is famous for its elegant style and neat structure, and has been highly praised by calligraphers of all ages.
What is official script:
Official script is a common solemn font style in Chinese characters. It is generally believed that it was developed from seal script. The fonts are mostly wide and flat, and the horizontal strokes are long and horizontal. The vertical paintings are short and pay attention to "silkworm head and swallow tail" and "twists and turns". Official script was founded in the Qin Dynasty. It is said that Cheng Miao was the official official. Han official script reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It inherited the tradition of seal script and started the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. It had a considerable influence on later calligraphy. In the calligraphy circle, there is a saying of "Han Li Tang". It is known as regular script.
Secondly, what exactly is called Li, and what are the strict differences between Li and Zhuan? Mr. Wu Botao has analyzed and determined it in the above-mentioned article. Here are a few excerpts from Wu's article that are worthy of consideration. . Wu Yun: "The small seal script also preserves the legacy of the pictographic characters, and draws the objects to follow the body. The official script goes a step further, using stroke symbols to destroy the knot of the pictographic characters, and become a pictographic character that is not pictographic."