Everything about The Regular Script totally explained
The
regular script or
standard script, or in
Chinese kaishu and
Japanese kaisho, also commonly known as
standard regular (正楷), is the newest of the
Chinese calligraphy styles (maturing around the
7th century), hence most common in modern writings and publications (after the non-calligraphic printing
Song Ti). It is also occasionally known as
true script (真書 zhēnshū) and
standard script (正書 zhèngshū).
Regular script came its current form in the
5th century during the
Southern and Northern Dynasties. Script from this period is the "
Wei regular" (魏楷 Weikai). Some consider the regular script to be the direct derivative of
clerical script, while others believe
running script also has influence in some regular script calligraphers' styles as well.
The most famous regular script calligraphers of the
Tang Dynasty whose style are imitated by latecomers include:
- The early Tang four great calligraphers (初唐四大家):
- "Yan-Liu" (“顏柳”)
Those regular script characters with width (or length) larger than 5 cm (2 in) is usually considered larger regular script, or dakai (大楷), and those smaller than 2 cm (0.8 in) usually small regular script, or xiaokai (小楷). Those in between are usually called medium regular script, or zhongkai (中楷). Or are compared in relation to those around.
Beginners often are recommended to start with the
Eight Principles of Yong, which are said to contain the fundamentals of most, if not all, of the regular script calligraphy.
Notable artifacts with the Regular Scripts include:
The Records of Yao Boduo Sculpturing (姚伯多造像記) during the Southern and Northern Dynasties
The Tablet of Guangwu General (廣武將軍碑) during the Southern and Northern Dynasties
The Tablet of Longzang Temple (龍藏寺碑) of the Sui Dynasty
Tombstone-Record of Sui Xiaoci (蘇孝慈墓誌) of the Sui Dynasty
Tombstone-Record of Beauty Tong (董美人墓誌) of the Sui Dynasty
The Zhuyin used to annotate texts, although not true Chinese characters, are virtually always written in the regular script style as well.
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