English to Chinese: A Brief Introduction of Clerical Script
General field: Art/Literary
Detailed field: Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting | |
Source text - English
从整个文字脉络追寻,文字体系可以分为古文字和今文字。秦小篆是古文字阶段的终结,而今文字的开端便是隶书。由篆书到隶书的演变是一个十分缓慢而漫长的过程，隶书是对古文字根本性的变革，因此我们称这个过程叫做“隶变”。隶书上承篆籀，下启楷、行、草。隶书的产生在汉字发展史上具有里程碑的意义。
两汉时期隶书逐渐趋向成熟。根据隶书发展时期的不同,又有古隶和今隶之别。古隶多有篆书的成分，是从篆书到今隶的过渡形态；今隶则是由古隶演变过而来，是比较成熟的隶书形态。
| Translation - Chinese
An evolution in Chinese Calligraphy
After 5000 years of development, Chinese calligraphy has now preserved six major fonts: The great seal(Da Zhuan), the small seal(Xiao Zhuan), clerical script(Li Shu), cursive script(Cao Shu), semi-cursive script(Xing Shu) and standard script(Kai Shu). But where do all these fonts come from? And how are they formed?
From the late Warring State period(250-221BC) to the early years of Han Dynasty(206BC-220AD), the development process of one font became the turning point of the history of Chinese calligraphy. The process is referred to as ‘Clerical Script Evolution’. Historians call it the ‘turning point’ for the simple reason that before the evolution, the fonts in widespread use were ancient script- the big and small seal script. However, the came into being of clerical script has later on brought us the modern script( Cursive, semi-Cursive and standard script).
As a result, the development of Clerical Script is regarded as the milestone of the history of Chinese Calligraphy. But what is Clerical Script? Why do people call it ‘Clerical’(Li) indeed?
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