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Running script is a general term, which is divided into two types: running regular script and running cursive script. It was developed on the basis of regular script and is a font between regular script and cursive script. It was created to make up for the slow writing speed of regular script and the difficulty of identifying cursive script. "Xing" means "walking", so it is not as sloppy as cursive script, nor as straight as regular script. In essence, it is the cursiveization of regular script or the regularization of cursive script. Those with more regular script than cursive script are called "Xing Kai", and those with more cursive script than regular script are called "Xing Cao".

The origin of running script

1. According to Zhang Huaiguan's "Shujuan": "The running script was created by Liu Desheng of Yingchuan in the later Han Dynasty. So it’s called running script.” From this we know that “running script” is a font transformed from “official script”.

2. According to Wang Sengqian's "Able to Write Names of People in Ancient Times": "Zhong Yao's books have three types: the first is the book inscribed on stone, which is the most wonderful; the second is the charter book, which is passed down to secretaries and teaches in elementary schools. The third one is called Xingwen Shu. Hedong Wei Kaizi adopted Zhang Zhi's method and used Kaifa's method to make a draft. "From this we know that Xingwen's script is also called Xingwen's script. It originally developed from the signing of paintings by painting dealers. Those who heard from each other refer to writings, letters, letters and the like.

In the late Han Dynasty, running script was not widely used. It was not until the emergence of Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty that it became popular. Running script came into the hands of Wang Xizhi, who perfectly combined its practicality and artistry. This created the Southern School calligraphy art that has shined through the ages and became the most influential school in the history of calligraphy.

The writing characteristics of running script

Running script is a calligraphy style between regular script and cursive script. Those who write more freely and fluidly, closer to cursive script, are called Xingcao; those who write more upright and steady, closer to regular script, are called Xingkai. Structural characteristics: large and small, combination of retractable and retractable, appropriate density, blending of shades.

Representative Figures

The most famous representative work of running script is the "Lanting Preface" written by Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The predecessors described his majestic characters as "a dragon leaps over the Tianmen, a tiger lies on the Phoenix Tower" Strong and handsome, he is praised as "the best running script in the world".

The "Manuscript of Sacrifice to My Nephew" written by Yan Zhenqing in the Tang Dynasty was so vigorous and unrestrained that the ancients rated it as "the second running script in the world". Su Shi's "Huangzhou Cold Food Post" is known as "the third running script in the world".