Cursive script is a font of Chinese characters, which can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. In a broad sense, regardless of the age, all scribbled words are regarded as cursive. Narrow sense, that is, as a specific font, was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script in order to write simply.
About from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in order to distinguish it from the new cursive script at that time. The cursive script of the Han Dynasty was called Cao Zhang. The new cursive script is relatively called today's grass, which is divided into big grass (also called crazy grass) and small grass. It feels beautiful in madness. As Li Zhimin said: "Close to the pool, consider the reason, get the heart from things, realize the image, and then enter the beauty of cursive script."
The development of cursive script can be divided into three stages: early cursive script, Cao Zhang cursive script and today's cursive script.
Early cursive script and official script were parallel, generally called official script, but in fact some forms of seal script were mixed. ?
Cursive everyone:
Zhang Xu, born in Wuxian County, Suzhou (now Suzhou, Jiangsu), was a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. He is good at cursive script and is called "the sage of grass" in history.
Like drinking, he is called "Zhang Dian" in the world, "drunk" with Huai Su, "Four Gentlemen of Wuzhong" with He, Zhang and Bao Rong, and "Eight Immortals of Drinking" with whom. His cursive script, Li Bai's poems and songs, and Pei Min's sword dance are also called "three wonders".
Zhang Xu was born in a family with a high family background. He studied calligraphy under his cousin Lu Yanyuan, and was highly praised by Wu Daozi and Yan Zhenqing after his success. When he was old, he was promoted or recommended, recruited talents, entered the official position, and was released as a captain of Changshu County. He has served as the left governor and the governor, so he is called "Zhang Changshi" by the world; He died in the second year of Gan Yuan (759) at the age of 75.
In calligraphy, Zhang is good at observing objective things and combining objective natural images with personal subjective feelings. He not only inherits tradition, but also dares to innovate. By inheriting and innovating the calligraphy achievements of predecessors, his own weed art reached a peak in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.