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- Regular Script
- Regular script is also known as "True Script" and "Standard Script". "Regular" means model, namely, this type of script can be deemed as a model or standard script.
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- Seal Script
- The earliest systematic calligraphy form in China, seal script is characterized by flat elongated characters worked out in rounded strokes.
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- The Semi-cursive Script
- The Semi-cursive Script (also called "Running Script") is a calligraphy style with free movements, between the Regular Script and the Cursive Script.
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- Cursive Script
- Cursive script emerged in the early years of the Han dynasty as a result of its convenience in writing. Its basic characteristics can be summed up as: an impression of vigorous and unrestrained...
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Enthusiastically modeling after the ancient masters was the mainstream of Yuan Dynasty calligraphy, which actually suffocated creation.
The calligraphic style in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty followed that of the Tang Dynasty.
The regular script which absorbed some elements of official script epitomized the Sui Dynasty's calligraphy.
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