How to write seal script?

Seal script is a general term for big seal script and small seal script. Dazhuan refers to Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Jinwen, Jinwen and Six Kingdoms, and retains the obvious features of ancient hieroglyphics. Xiao Zhuan, also known as "Qin Zhuan", is a common character in Qin State and a simplified font of Da Zhuan, which is characterized by uniform and neat glyphs and is easier to write than Wen Shu. In the development history of Chinese characters, it is the transition between seal script and official script.

oracle bone script

Oracle Bone Inscriptions is one of the characters used in Shang and Zhou Dynasties. In the late Qing Dynasty, it was discovered in Yin Ruins in Xiaotun Village, Anyang, Henan Province. The writing is engraved on the bones of tortoise shells, hence the name Oracle Bone Inscriptions. It is also called "Qi (deliberate) Wen" because it is carved with a knife, and it is also called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions" because Oracle Bone Inscriptions is used for divination. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's strokes are sharp, thin, hard and vigorous. For information about Oracle Bone Inscriptions, please refer to Oracle Bone Inscriptions's Compilation and Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

Ancient bronze inscriptions

Bronze inscriptions, formerly known as "Zhong Dingwen", are inscriptions carved on bronze wares of Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The inscriptions on the inscriptions are intricate and varied, and the strokes are round and heavy. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, many seal engravers like to print with bronze inscriptions, which has achieved concise and vivid results. For information about inscriptions on bronze, please refer to Wencun and Biansan Dynasties.

seal character

Later, "Qin used it in the Warring States Period, and the six countries used ancient prose" (see Wang Guowei's Shu Zhengxu). According to legend, Wen Shu was written by Zhou Taishi Gong, so it was named. Compared with bronze inscriptions, the shape and structure of bronze inscriptions are somewhat the same, but the bronze inscriptions only tend to be simplified and linear, and the shape is neat and stable. This can be seen from Shi Guwen and other stone products, and there are also materials in the Collection of Ancient Inscriptions.

China's classical prose

Ancient prose is the written language used by Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao and Wei countries except Qin in the Warring States period, also known as "ancient prose of six countries". The form of ancient prose is simplified and the structure is strange. There is also a kind of decorative calligraphy in ancient Chinese, such as characters featuring birds and insects, decorative ornaments and long tails, which can be found in bronzes, weapons, pottery, currency, simple books, silk books and jade books of the Six Kingdoms. For reference, Cao Wei's Stone Carvings of the Three Kingdoms, Zhengshi Santi Shijing, Zhongshan Wang Zhuan Ji, Houshu, etc. ?

Ancient seal script

The ancient seal is very similar to the ancient prose of the Six Kingdoms, and it is one of the ancient prose. The ancient seal script has various forms, and some words are difficult to identify. This kind of writing is especially included in the Selected Works of Ancient Seals.