Shi Shuan's representative prose

Shi Shuan's masterpiece, History of Han, Art and Literature.

Introduction to the work:

It can be found in the earliest recorded word book. Written at the turn of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The Original Book is a children's literacy textbook written in verse, and it is the earliest recorded children's literacy textbook in the history of China. "History of Literature and Art" notes "Zhou Xuanwang's Taishi Works". Shuo Wen Jie Zi Xu is also considered to be written by Zhou Xuanwang Taishi Shuan.

Wang Guowei, a close friend, thinks that "shua" means reading aloud. The first sentence of the original book is "Tai Shi Shua Shu" and the title is "Shi Shua". According to Hanshu and Shuowen Jiezi, there are fifteen articles, but the number of words is not specified. Shuowen Jiezi has 223 characters, which is quite similar to Qin Jinwenhe in font. Wang Guowei believes that it belongs to the western languages between Zhou and Qin Dynasties. The font is more complicated than Xiao Zhuan, with beautiful square characters and strokes.

Definition of nouns:

Wen Shu is also known as Shu Shu and Da Zhuan. It was named after the "Interpretation of Shuan" written by Zhou Taishi. Fonts overlap. The representative of Wen Shu is now Shi Guwen, named after the book written by Zhou Xuanwang Taishi. On the basis of the original text, he transformed it and got his name because it was engraved on the stone drum. It is the earliest stone carving text that has been circulated so far, and it is the ancestor of stone carving.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, ten stone tablets were found in Tianxing County (now Fengxiang County, Shaanxi Province), which were shaped like high-legged steamed buns and drums, hence the name Shigu. Each stone drum is engraved with a four-character poem with six or seven crosses. According to experts' research, these stone drums were from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period. These poems are in praise of the King of Qin, and Shi Guwen is the earliest stone carving in existence.

The origin and development of Wen Shu;

Da Zhuan, also known as Wen Shu, is said to have been created by Tai Shi Shu of Zhou Xuanwang. Popular in Qin and other places during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Seal script is mainly written on wooden slips, bamboo slips or silk books. Its shape is fixed and neat, its structure is proper, its strokes are curved, and its font is more beautiful than bronze inscriptions. However, as far as its essential connotation is concerned, Dazhuan is not much different from Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen.