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| Calligraphic art during the transitional period From the
Official
Script of the Han dynasty to the Regular Script of the Tang dynasty |
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| Early Cursive Script appeared in the late
Western Han and was transformed from the Official
Script. The appearance of Running Cursive was
the outcome during the pratical use of the Official
Script. The period also witnessed the appearance
of many master calligraphers such as father and
son: Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi. They were
distinguished representatives of this historical
transition from the Official to the Running
Cursive Scripts. The Regular Script derived
from the Official script. It reduced brushstrokes of the Official
script and regulated
early Running Cursive Script. This new script started a new era for
calligraphy. During
the early Tang dynasty, calligraphers such as Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan,
Chu Suiliang and
Xue Ji made great contributions for the popularity of the Regular
Script. Their works
exemplified the convention of the Regular Script, disciplined brush
control and
vigorous brush strokes. Yan Zhenqing developed his own idiosyncratic
Regular Script
on the basis of ascendent calligraphic skill. The "Wild Cursive
Script"of Zhang Xu
and Monk Huai Su emerged from the Cursive Script style of Sun Guoting.
Their
calligraphy expressed both uninhibited vigor and unpredictable variation. |
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