Types of seal characters

There are many kinds of seal script, which can be summarized as follows:

1. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, with a history of 3,000 years, is the earliest recognizable writing handed down from ancient times and is mainly used for divination. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's brushwork is thin and powerful, with many straight lines. There are Fang Bi, round pen and sharp pen, and there are many "hanging needles" for writing.

2. Da Zhuan is the general name of calligraphy, ancient prose, bronze inscriptions and stone drums, which has a different flavor from Oracle Bone Inscriptions, with rich and simple style and colorful structure.

3. Xiao Zhuan, Xiao Zhuan refers to a simplified and standardized script that appeared when Qin Shihuang ordered Li Si and others to practice "writing in the same language" and unified the scripts of six countries on the basis of Qin Zhuan. Xiao Zhuan's brushwork is round and even, elegant and peaceful, and there are rules to follow, which is the only way to know and understand the original meaning of characters. When Xiao Zhuan developed to Qing Dynasty, the lines became thicker, which broke through the changes of stroke thickness, frustration, delay, lightness and lightness, and Fiona Fang. Another branch of Xiao Zhuan is Han Zhuan, which uses a pen with a square folding official intention, and the printed seal script is even more square folding, also called Miao Zhuan, that is, copying the seal.