Xiaozhuan calligraphy works include "Shiguwen" and "Three Tombs".
Wu Changshuo's calligraphy is the most "famous" in seal script. Generally speaking, when Wu Changshuo is mentioned, "Shigu Wen" will be mentioned. His "Shigu Wen" is unique and makes "Shigu Wen" carry forward. Wu Changshuo is a master of the four masters of "poetry, calligraphy, painting and sealing". Together with Ren Bonian, Zhao Zhiqian and Xu Gu, he is known as the "Four Great Masters of the Shanghai School in the late Qing Dynasty". By studying Wu Changshuo, you can learn the metal and stone energy, as well as the general atmosphere and pattern. It is an excellent choice to broaden your horizons in seal script.
Li Yangbing’s seal script particularly recommends "Three Tombs". This stele is derived from Li Si's "Fengshan Stele" and surpasses "Fengshan Stele". The writing is very smooth, the lines are regular and powerful, but it is strict in the brushwork. And it flies like a god.
Xiaozhuan font
Xiaozhuan, after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, he implemented the policy of "writing with the same text and carriages with the same track" and unifying weights and measures. Prime Minister Li Si was responsible for it. It was originally used in the Qin State On the basis of the large seal script, Simplified Chinese script was created to create a unified writing form of Chinese characters. It was popular from the Qin Dynasty until the end of the Western Han Dynasty and was gradually replaced by the official script.
Xiaozhuan has always been favored by calligraphers because of its beautiful font and ancient charm. And because its strokes are complex, its form is ancient, and twists and turns can be added at will, seals were carved in seal script, especially official seals that required anti-counterfeiting, until the fall of the feudal dynasty and the emergence of new anti-counterfeiting technology in modern times.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the feudal lords were divided, and the Chinese characters of each country appeared to be different from simplified to traditional, and one character had multiple shapes. After Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms, he ordered to use Qin's "Xiaozhuan" as the standard to unify the national writing system.