Why is it called Lishu, why is Lishu called Lishu

The origin of the name of Lishu].

Lishu is also known as "Zuoshu" and "Historical Book". The official script is simplified and evolved from the seal script, and the round strokes of the seal script are turned into square folds, and the pictograms are changed to strokes in the structure to facilitate writing. It was founded in the Qin Dynasty and was commonly used in the Han and Wei dynasties.

There are two types of official books. One is Qin Li, and the other is Han Li. Qin Li is also called Gu Li.

Jin Weiheng's "Four-Body Calligraphy" recorded: "Qin both used seals, and there were many things, and the seal characters.

It is difficult to succeed, that is, to order the subordinate people to write the book, and to say the word Li. "Cheng Miao.

This kind of book style was sorted out at that time, and later generations had the legend of Cheng Miao's creation of Lishu. The text of the Qin Dynasty was originally a seal script, but because of the many things, the seal script was difficult to write, so when the Liren sorted out the documents, an emergency font was produced, called Liwen. "The seal of the official book" means that the official book is a small seal.

The simple way to write it. That is, the small seal circle turns the arc-shaped line into a square fold and straight, which realizes the symbolization of Chinese characters and the significance of the stroke era to a considerable extent. Oracle.

Jin script and seal script belong to the category of ancient characters, while official script and regular script belong to the category of modern script. Han Li, also known as Jinli, developed and changed on the basis of Qin Li, and matured in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty. The Han Li seen now is mainly stone carvings, and there are also some wooden tablets.

The main difference between Han Li and Qin Li is: Qin Li's pen shape is straight and square, and Han Li's apostrophe, pinch and long horizontal have wave potential.

The artistic value of Lishu].

According to legend, the official book was sorted out by Qin Weicheng Miao in prison, and it was simplified, the glyph became round and square, the stroke was changed to straight, the glyph was beautiful, flat and wider, so it was called "official", that is, "official".

According to legend, the official book was sorted out by Cheng Miao in prison at the end of the Qin Dynasty, and the complexity was simplified, the glyphs became round and square, and the strokes were changed to straight. change"Consecutive pens"for"Broken pen", from lines to strokes, more convenient to write. "Liren"Not prisoners, but fingers"Xu Officials", that is, the petty officials in charge of the clerical work, so in ancient times, the official book was called"Zobook" 。

Lishu prevailed in the Han Dynasty and became the main book style. As a start-up Qin Li, there are many seals, and then continue to develop and process. Breaking the writing tradition since the Zhou and Qin dynasties, the foundation of regular script was gradually laid.

In"Depose the hundred schools of thought and respect Confucianism"Under the ideological unity, it was the Han Dynasty that gradually developed and became the dominant calligraphy, and at the same time, cursive, regular script, and line script were derived, laying the foundation for art.

According to their own hobbies, they are more affiliated with the book.

Chinese writing has gone through thousands of years from the beginning of its production to the small seal of the Qin Dynasty, but no matter how it evolves, it has not broken through the cocoon into a chrysalis, and it has always been a chrysalis, and this chrysalis is a dull image character. The biggest feature of image characters is that there are many dots and strokes, difficult to identify, and slow writing speed.

The reason for the initiation, evolution, and birth of Lishu is to solve the above problems.

Of course, it has a process of subordination, this process, one is to get rid of the condensation and solidification of the seal script font structure, towards the abstract expression of the space-time movement of the line, specific to the characteristics of the Lishu knot is the left and right stretch of the apostrophe, the extension of the left and right, increasing the space for the beautiful expression of the text strokes; The second is to change from a tactful arc pen to a steep straight pen, from a continuous circle to a turning square pen. Due to the simplification of the strokes, the structure of the figurative word is broken, and the image meaning of the text has become mainly symbolic.

As a result, Lishu, which has independent character and aesthetic characteristics, has become a more advanced calligraphy style in the history of Chinese calligraphy after the large and small seals. Thus establishing its unshakable and important position in the history of Chinese calligraphy.

The emergence of Lishu is not only a major change in ancient characters, but also a turning point in the evolution of Chinese characters, due to the symbolization of its stroke structure, the meaning of the word has also changed from the wild code to the meaning of the will, for the formation of the later and modern characters, lines, and grass, laying a solid foundation for the formation of the previous and lower ridges.

In the process of "writing the same text", Qin Shi Huang ordered Pi Ling Li Si to create a small seal, and also sorted out the official book compiled by Cheng Miao. Xu Shen of the Han Dynasty recorded this history of the void Li in "Shuo Wen Jie Zi": "...Qin burned scriptures, cleaned up the old classics, issued a large number of officials, revitalized the army, and had many official and prison duties.

Due to the slow writing speed of the small seal as the official script, the official script turned into a circle and a square fold, which improved the writing efficiency.