Causes of the formation of conventional traditional fonts

China's 5,000-year splendid civilization and unparalleled rich written records have been recognized by the world. In this long and profound history, China's calligraphy and painting art reproduces this diachronic evolution process with its unique artistic form and artistic language. In the historical evolution, calligraphy and painting, a sister art, explained the traditional cultural connotation of China with its complementarity and independence. Because the tools and materials used in the creation of books and paintings are the same. When talking about the origin of ancient Chinese characters and paintings in China, he said: "At that time, books and paintings were the same, but there was no difference. The image system is too subtle to convey its meaning, so there are books; There is no way to see its shape, so there are paintings. " Although calligraphy and painting are homologous and comparable, their future development and changes are complementary and independent. The formation and development of China's calligraphy art is closely related to the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters. So what exactly is "calligraphy"? We can understand it from its nature, aesthetic characteristics, source and unique performance. Calligraphy is an abstract symbolic art based on Chinese characters and written with a brush, which has four-dimensional characteristics. It embodies the basic law of the "unity of opposites" of all things, and reflects the spirit, temperament, knowledge and cultivation of people as the main body. China's writing originated very early, and it developed the writing of writing into an aesthetic stage-it integrated the creator's ideas, thinking and spirit, and it can stimulate the aesthetic feeling of the aesthetic object (that is, the formation of a real sense of calligraphy). Records can be traced from the end of Han Dynasty to Wei and Jin Dynasties (about the second half of the 2nd century to the 4th century). However, this is not to ignore, dilute or even deny the artistic value and historical position of the previous calligraphy art form. The origin of China's characters and the appearance of early works with artistic characteristics have their particularity and times. As far as calligraphy is concerned, although there were pictographic characters-Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the early characters, the complexity and simplicity of the same character were different, and the strokes were also different. However, there is a law of symmetrical balance, and there are also some regular factors such as pen (knife), word knot and composition. Moreover, in the organization of lines, the beginning and end of strokes change, showing the meaning of calligraphy and strokes. Therefore, it can be said that the emergence and existence of the previous generation of calligraphy art not only belongs to the category of calligraphy history, but also is an important example for future generations to learn from and think about in the development and evolution of art forms. China's historical civilization is a diachronic and linear process, and China's calligraphy art shows its development under such a background. In the embryonic period of calligraphy (from Yin Shang Dynasty to the late Han Dynasty), writing experienced the evolution of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, ancient prose (bronze inscriptions), Da Zhuan (bronze inscriptions), Xiao Zhuan, Li Shu (eight points), cursive script, running script and original works. In the heyday of calligraphy (Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to Sui and Tang Dynasties), the art of calligraphy entered a new realm. From seal script to simple cursive script and real calligraphy, it became the mainstream style in this period. The appearance of Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, made the art of calligraphy shine brilliantly, and his artistic achievements were highly respected in the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, a number of calligraphers appeared in the Tang Dynasty, such as Yu Shinan, Ou Yangxun, Jun Yiliang, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan. In calligraphy attainments, each has his own merits and diverse styles. After the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, China's calligraphy became a national symbol, representing the profoundness of China culture and the eternal charm of national culture. [Edit this paragraph] 1. Pre-Qin calligraphy is a unique art in China, which laid the foundation for China's calligraphy. Although the consciousness of calligraphy art only appeared in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, calligraphy art should appear at the same time as Chinese characters. The formation of Chinese characters has gone through a long historical period. At present, the materials related to primitive Chinese characters are mainly descriptive symbols left by primitive society on pottery, but many linguists think that they are not characters, but only play a role in the production of primitive characters. Most philologists believe that "the formation time of Chinese characters is probably not earlier than Xia Dynasty" and that "the complete writing system was formed in Xia and Shang Dynasties (about BC17th century)". It is recognized by academic circles that the earliest materials of ancient Chinese characters are Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions in the middle and late Shang Dynasty (about 14 to 1 1 century). From the perspective of calligraphy, these earliest Chinese characters already have many factors of formal beauty of calligraphy, such as beauty of lines, symmetry, variation, composition and style. From the late Shang Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty's unification of China (22 1 year ago), the general trend of the evolution of Chinese characters was from complexity to simplicity. This evolution is reflected in the evolution of fonts and glyphs. In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the bronze inscriptions tended to be straight, and the folk cursive seal script developed to ancient plum in the Warring States period, which greatly weakened pictographs. However, the artistry of calligraphy has been enriched with the development of calligraphy.