First of all, the first meaning is that the urgent seal is engraved in an emergency, so it is called the urgent seal. Look, it's more direct Generally speaking, our friends who study seal cutting know that there are some seals in China's seals, especially those "so-and-so general print". Usually these seals are formed because of an emergency military situation during the March or during the war, and there will be temporary seals. Therefore, the seal engraved at this time is often urgent. Let's look at some urgent prints in Chinese and Indian, and everyone will understand that the layout and rules are basically the same. The urgent seal is shown in the above two pictures.

These urgent chapters were very numerous in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms Period, the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The reason is that wars happened from time to time in that era, and the country was in war for a long time. When there is a war, there is an emergency military situation and an emergency appointment, so it is an "urgent chapter." Most of these emergency stamps are "printed in general" and sometimes made according to the situation, but this does not mean that these stamps have no artistic value at all. It is precisely because of the urgency and the situation that these seals often show a more naive form in form. The engraving method is chiseling and has a different world. Therefore, it is also highly valued by some Indians. For example, the old man Qi Baishi, whose seal of Qi Pai, absorbed a lot of nutrition from the hasty chapter. Of course, that's because his old man's house has a very deep artistic foundation, which most people can't learn.

(Qi Baishi's "Xiangtan People")

There is also an urgent chapter, which is the commemorative medal. Because its function is to be buried, it has almost no practical value. When it is carved, it will be buried with the dead. Therefore, it is reasonable that the carvings are not exquisite, and even the materials of the seals are not exquisite.

("Urgent Chapter" calligraphy)

Second, another original meaning of "urgency"

By the way, another original meaning is related to articles and calligraphy. Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty attached importance to early childhood education and ordered Huang Menling to compile children's literacy textbooks. The situation is equivalent to the level of primary school textbooks. This text consists of three, four or seven different words. Full text 1394 words, no repetition (really hard). The content involves names, organizations, creatures, etc. Because there is the word "instant wine" at the beginning of the article, it is called "instant wine". Because it is an article, it is also called the collection of nine chapters. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, this article has been the main literacy textbook circulated in the society, and the standardized version of Ji Jiu Zhang Can is also used as a copy of calligraphy. After the Tang Dynasty, the position of Jijiepian was replaced by San Zi Jing, Hundred Family Names and Thousand-character Works.

(Portrait of calligrapher's statue)

The most famous version of "Urgent Chapter" was written by Huang Xiang, a famous calligrapher in the Three Kingdoms period. This edition of calligraphy has made great achievements, and it is also the best calligraphy work of Urgent Chapter handed down from generation to generation. Usually, when we say "urgent chapter", we mean the urgent chapter of the Three Kingdoms.

Therefore, in this sense, it is beneficial for us to be modest and use hasty chapters, which generally means that our works are still being studied like literacy textbooks.

Third, another layer of calligraphy meaning of "urgent chapter"

This statement began in the period when seal script and official script alternated. At that time, when dealing with urgent official documents, the contents of official documents that should have been written in seal script were often written in official script because it was much more convenient than seal script, but it was obviously not formal enough. Therefore, the contents of official documents formed in this way are also called "urgent chapters".

(Comparison between seal script and official script)

Fourthly, the modern extended meaning of "urgent chapter"

This meaning is a common meaning. That's what we said at the beginning, referring to the works or things that are completed in a hurry to meet the needs. For example, the entries were obviously completed with great efforts, and some people said that they were "in a hurry".

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