How to write the word "Hai": slightly wide and flat, with long horizontal strokes and short straight strokes, forming a rectangular shape; change the strokes from curved to straight, and the shape of the characters is beautiful. According to the unearthed slips, official script was founded in the Qin Dynasty. It is said that Cheng Miao was the official. The Han official script reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It inherited the tradition of seal script at the top and opened up the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. It has a considerable influence on later calligraphy, and the calligraphy world It is known as "Han Li Tang Kai".
The full name of "Cao Quan Stele" is "Heyang Order Cao Quan Stele". It was engraved in the second year of Zhongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 185). It was unearthed in Cuili Village in Heyang County (now Heyang, Shaanxi Province) in the early Wanli year of the Ming Dynasty. This monument is a vertical square, 273 cm high and 95 cm wide, with 20 lines and 45 characters in each line.
The inscription records Cao Quan’s suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. It also records the peasant uprising led by Zhang Jiao and spread to Shaanxi. It also reflects the momentum of the peasant army at that time and the uprising of the Guo family of Heyang County residents. , which provides important historical data for studying the history of peasant uprisings in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
The black stone of this stele is as bright as grease, and the light can be used to identify people. The calligraphy is written in official script. The text is clear, the structure is stretched, the fonts are beautiful and flying, the calligraphy is neat and precise, beautiful and strong, and the style is elegant and colorful, which fully demonstrates the maturity and style of Han Li. This stele has fine stones and a complete body. It is truly a masterpiece of Han steles and Han li. It is also one of the few works with relatively complete preservation and clear fonts among the stone steles of the Han Dynasty in my country.