When folding pens in running script, the circular folding method is generally used.
Running script was developed on the basis of regular script. It 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.
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The most famous representative work of running script is "Lanting Preface" by the Eastern Jin calligrapher Wang Xizhi. The predecessors described his majestic characters as "a dragon leaps over the Tianmen, a tiger lies on the Phoenix Tower" Strong and handsome, he is praised as "the best running script in the world".
The "Nephew Memorial Manuscript" written by Yan Zhenqing in the Tang Dynasty was so vigorous and unrestrained that the ancients rated it as "the second running script in the world". Su Shi's "Huangzhou Cold Food Post" is known as "the third running script in the world". The famous representative work in regular script is "Lushan Temple Stele" by Li Yong of the Tang Dynasty, which is smooth and plump.
There are also Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu, and Cai Xiang in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Meng_, Xian Yushu, and Kang Li_ in the Yuan Dynasty, and Zhu Yunming, Wen Zhengming, Dong Qichang, Li Daiwen, and Wang in the Ming Dynasty. Duo, Liu Yong and He Shaoji in the Qing Dynasty, Yu Youren, Qi Gong, Li Zhimin, Sha Menghai, Zhang Xin, etc. in modern times are all good at running calligraphy or cursive writing, and many works have been handed down to the world.
Three major running scripts in the world, because of the praise and praise of various schools, the world has collectively called "Han Shi Tie", "Lanting Preface" by Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and "Manuscript of Sacrifice to My Nephew" by Yan Zhenqing of the Tang Dynasty as "the three major running scripts in the world". "Han Shi Tie" is also called "The Third Running Script in the World".
Some people compare it with the "Three Great Running Scripts in the World" and say: "Lanting Preface" is the style of a refined scholar, and "Ji Shi Tie" is the style of a refined scholar. "My Nephew's Manuscript" is the style of a sage and wise man, and "The Cold Food Post" is the style of a scholar or scholar. They are comparable to each other one after another, each taking the lead. They can be regarded as three milestones in the history of Chinese calligraphy.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Running Script