楷书也称为正书、真书，是供人学习和运用的 正规书体。 The regular scripts is also called the real character, which is used for the person study and the utilization regular calligraphy style . 欧阳询、颜真卿、柳公权的楷书分别代表了初 唐、盛唐、晚唐三个不同时期的楷书成就。 The regular scripts of Ou Yangxun , Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan stand for the great achievements in the early, prosperous and late periods of Tang Dynasty respectively .
The history of character
The inscription on animal bones and tortoise shells 甲骨文
甲骨文是一种古老而美丽的文字，它兼容 了汉字和图画的特点。 Characters on shells are kinds of antique and beautiful Chinese characters . They combine the characteristics of Chinese characters and those of paintings .
甲骨文后来演变成金文、大篆，金文和大 篆的形体结构松散而不稳定，且地区差异 大，尚未定形。
金文
Bronze inscriptions 金文
金文铸刻在用于祭祀的青铜 器上。 Inscriptions engraved on the bronze inscriptions which are used for sacrifice. 它记录了很多关于礼仪的文 化。 It has recorded a lot about etiquette culture.
Seal script 篆书
大篆出现于周朝，由甲骨文演变而来，字 形结构趋向整齐，奠定了方块字的基础。 The seal script, deriving from oracle bone inscriptions, first appeared during the Zhou Dynasty and paved the way for the square-shaped Chinese characters with neat and regular character patterns.
Cursive hand 草书
草 书：草书是辅助隶书的一种简便字体，主要用于起 草文稿和通信。 Grass script : The grass script is one kind of simple typeface, mainly uses in drafting the draft and the correspondence . 它打破了隶书方正庄严的特质，把书法带入能自由而 丰富地表达个人性情的境地。 They depart from the formal qualities of clerical script and take the art of calligraphy to a realm of freedom that clearly expresses the individuality of the artist. 波状线与藤状线是草书曲线运动的两大基本形式，在 呈现作品的韵与情中分别起着关键性的重要作用。 The undulant line and bine line are two basic forms of cursive curve movement , which is very important to express the rhyme and feeling of the work .
篆书又分为大篆和小篆，是汉字书体发的 重要阶段。 The seal script can be divided into big seal script and small seal script, It is an important stage in the Chinese character development.
大篆在相当大的程度上保留西周后期文字 的风格，只是略有改变，笔画更加工整匀 称而已。 To a large extent ,Large Seal Script retained the style of writing of the late Western Zhou Dynasty ,only a slight change happens in stroke ,so it looks more neat symmetry . 小篆较大篆简化，也更为规范化，基本脱 离了图画字，成为谐调的标准书体。 The lesser seal characters are more simplified and standardized compared with the greater. They moved away from pictography and developed into a more balanced and standard style of characters .
Four Treasures of the Study
writing brush
ink stick
paper
ink stone
Running hand 行书
行书，是介于楷书与草书之间的、运笔自由的一 种书体。 It lies between the formal script and the cursive. It combined practical use with aesthetic value . 行书写起来比楷书快，又不像草书那样难以辨认， 因此有很高的实用价值。 The line writes is quicker than the kai shu , does not look like grass script such to identify with difficulty , therefore has the very high use value .
Regular script 楷书
形成于魏晋，发展于唐朝 developed during the Wei and Jin dynasties and came to prominence in Tang dynastey 字体方正 square in form Non-cursive in strokes 是现代汉字的基础 the foundation of the written form of modern chinese language
Calligraphy
汉字发展历程
甲骨文 金文 篆书 隶书 草书 楷书 行书
The inscription on animal bones and tortoise shells Boneze inscriptions Seal script Offical script Cursive hand Regular script Running hand
篆书字体优美，至今在人们 书法作品中仍喜使用。 Seal characters are still widely used in calligraphy due to the gracefulness of their patterns.
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隶书出现于战国时期，形成于秦朝，兴盛于汉朝， 是由篆书演变而来的一种字体。 The official script appeared in the Warring States Period , was formed in Qin Dynasty , came on to Han Dynasty, and it is a kind of font evolved by the seal character . 隶书可能是由狱卒发明的 Official script is probably invented by the jailkeepe 汉字形体结构的最终定型是兴起于汉代的隶书。 The final setting of the structure of Chinese characters originated from official script of Han Dynasty
作为最古老的文字，甲骨文记载了中国 4000年以前的历史。 As the earliest characters , the inscriptions marked a recorded history of nearly 4 , 000 years ago in China .
Later , inscriptions on bones developed into Bronze inscriptions and Big seal script , which were loosely structural and were not setting for area differences .