Oracle bone inscriptions are highly pictographic, and the direction of the glyphs is not fixed. Bronze inscriptions are linearized and flattened, thick brushes become thinner, square and round masses become lines, pictographic lines are flattened, and disconnected lines are connected into one stroke. The small seal script is regular and well-proportioned, and the glyphs are simplified. Cursive writing uses continuous strokes, making it difficult to read. Running script is easy to write and legible. The characters in regular script are square and neat, and the wave force is reduced and easy to round.
Xingshu is a general term for calligraphy, which is divided into two types: Xingkai and Xingcao. It was developed on the basis of regular script and 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. In essence, it is the cursiveization of regular script or the regularization of cursive script.
Those with more regular scripts than cursive scripts are called "Xing Kai", and those with more cursive scripts than regular scripts are called "Xing Cao". Running script has high practicality and artistry, while regular script is a text symbol, which is highly practical and requires skill. In comparison, cursive script has high artistic quality, but its practicality is relatively insufficient.
Running script is a calligraphy style between regular script and cursive script. Those who write more freely and fluidly, closer to cursive script, are called Xingcao; those who write more upright and steady, closer to regular script, are called Xingkai. In the process of writing, the movement of the brush strokes is more obvious in various forms of stipple painting. This movement of the brush strokes often leaves a trace of mutual involvement between the stipples and the words, as thin as a gossamer. traces, this is Silian.
Running script is the fast writing of regular script and the flow of regular script. After analyzing several groups of characters in regular script and running script, it was found that when writing in regular script and running script, the stipple writing method and the guidelines to be followed when using the pen, such as center front, spread hair, reverse in and out, lift and press the main, hide the front, etc. are all The same, except that the running script is more stretched and flowing when written.