Wang Xizhi's characteristic running script font picture running script is a general term, which is divided into running script and running script. It is developed and originated on the basis of regular script, a font between regular script and cursive script, in order to make up for the shortcomings of slow writing speed and illegible cursive script. ? Okay？ what's up Walking? Therefore, it is not as scribbled as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script. Whether it is cursive or cursive in essence. Is it called open method more than grass method? Open letter? There are more grass methods than mold methods? Grass? . Running script has high practicability and artistry, while regular script is a kind of character symbol, which has high practicability and relatively insufficient artistry; Comparatively speaking, cursive script is highly artistic, but its practicality is relatively insufficient.
Wang Xizhi's classic running script calligraphy picture running script appeared at the same time as the eight-part essay, and its form was also very close to the eight-part essay and later official script. This is equivalent to changing (chapter) cursive script from official script to official script? By who? Regular characters? Derive other branches from it. Huan Didi? Regular characters? Besides official script, what's next? Octagonal method? So people think that running script is? Octagonal method? Other branches. In fact, it is the same as other calligraphy styles. It was originally founded as a general mass writer. As long as it is written in other calligraphy, it becomes a running script without official style. It can be seen everywhere in bamboo slips unearthed at the end of Han Dynasty. At the end of Han dynasty, running script was not widely used. It was not until the appearance of Wang Xizhi in Jin Dynasty that it became popular.
The writing development of running script is a writing style between regular script and cursive script, which appeared in the late Western Han Dynasty and the early Eastern Han Dynasty. The name of running script first appeared in Wei Heng's Four-body Calligraphy in the Western Jin Dynasty:? Zhong (Yao) and Hu (Zhao) are both calligraphers, and they all learned from learning. ? In the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Huaiguan recorded in the Book End: So did the calligrapher Liu Desheng. That is, the official book is small and fake, and the service is simple and popular, so it is called a running account. ? Zhang Huaiguan also said in his Book Discussion: My husband's calligraphy is not rough and true, and it is far from the square. It focuses on the period between Ji and Meng. It's really true, and the grass is called grass. ? Feng Fang in Ming Dynasty has a more vivid description in Ji Shu:? Write without stopping, write without engraving, gently turn and press again, like water flowing, uninterrupted, and business will last forever. ? Because of its unique artistic expression and wide practicability, running script has been favored and widely circulated since its birth. After the golden period of Wei and Jin Dynasties and the development period of Tang Dynasty, running script reached a new peak in Song Dynasty and gradually occupied the mainstream position in various calligraphy styles. Throughout the long history of calligraphy, the development of seal script, official script and regular script has ups and downs, while running script is immortal, which has always been a prominent study in calligraphy. Calligraphers of all ages have written a brilliant history of the development of running script.
With the vigorous development of contemporary calligraphy art, the exploration and innovation of running script creation has set off wave after wave of upsurge, showing a diversified and prosperous scene. In the complicated heat wave of calligraphy, the author makes rational exploration with his own understanding and persistent pursuit of calligraphy, and summarizes some preliminary experiences and insights from years of practice.