Characteristics of running script and regular script (calligraphy)

1, both sizes. That is, each word presents a different size, and there is a pen-to-pen connection of a word. The connection between words is both true and intentional, and there is a connection between them.

2. Combination of contraction and extension. Generally short-term collection, long-term release; Back and front, side and front; Most of them are left hand, right hand, upper right hand and lower left hand, but they can also be converted to each other. Left-handed and right-handed, top-handed and bottom-handed are not excluded.

3, the density is decent. Generally, it is dense on the top and sparse on the bottom, dense on the left and sparse on the right, and dense on the inside and sparse on the outside. The middle palace is compact, the white space in the box is as small as possible, and the white space of the circled strokes is as small as possible. On the layout, the word spacing is tight, the line spacing is wide, vigorous and powerful, and the colors are bright.

4. Mix colors. Running script writing should be easy, lively and fast, and master the combination of illness and stagnation, movement and static. The ink color arrangement should be strong at the beginning and dry at the end. The lines are long and thin, short and thick, moderate in thickness and alternating in depth. It's similar to cursive, but it's not so grassy.

Second, regular script

1, pay attention to the pen

Pen regular script strokes are Teton, Hidden Dew, Fiona Fang, Fast and Slow, etc. Different ways of using pen will produce lines with different shapes and textures, and different lines need different ways of using pen to reflect them. Pen regular script font is small, and the line thickness does not change much. If you don't pay attention when writing, the strokes will not meet the requirements, and the strokes will be weak, stiff and stiff.

Step 2 clear strokes

Pen regular script should be clearly explained in terms of the starting and closing of each stroke, neat and standardized, clean and tidy, and should not be scribbled or adhered. However, there must be an internal echo relationship between strokes, so that strokes can be orderly, clear, solid and powerful, stop and keep, straight but not stiff, curved but not weak, smooth and natural.

3. The structure is square.

Pen regular script emphasizes balanced distribution of strokes and radicals, stable center of gravity, appropriate proportion, correct and standardized font. The characters should be arranged together, with symmetrical sizes and neat lines. Although there are also uneven changes in shape, it is still relatively neat as a whole.

Extended data:

Running script appeared at the same time as eight-part essay, and its form was very close to eight-part essay and later official script. This is equivalent to changing (chapter) cursive script from official script to other branches derived from "regular script". In addition to official script, the "regular script" in Huanling period was followed by "eight-part essay", so people think that running script is another branch of "eight-part essay".

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.

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