The Five Fonts of the Character "福字" (Fortune)

The five fonts of the character Fu are as follows:

1, Oracle bones

The character Fu first appeared in the oracle bone inscriptions, the oracle bone inscriptions of the character Fu on one side of the altar of wine, on the other side of the altar indicated by the character T, which means dedication to the gods or ancestors.

2. Jinwen

Fu in Jinwen is a form-sounding character, which means that the vessel is full of things, and the character 畐 means that the vessel is full of tributes to be offered to the gods, and that the gods' blessings are sought.

3, Small Seal Character

Small Seal Character font shape is stable, even, dignified, meaning pray for peace, good luck items.

4, Clerical Script

Clerical Script is inherited from the Seal Script, the character shape is broad and flat, and the structure of the character "福字" in Clerical Script is more simplified.

5.Wei Regular Script

Wei Regular Script inherited the brushwork of Han Clerical Script, which has a strict structure and heavy brushwork. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, the artistic style of the character of blessing in Wei Regular Script is more rugged and vibrant.

The historical records of the character "Fu" include the Book of Rites, which says: "Fu" is the name of "Hundred Shuns". In other words, Fu has the meaning of smooth, all things as expected. Shangshu Hongfan" said: five blessings: one is said to life, two is said to be rich, three is said to peace, four is said to be good virtue, five is said to test the end of life.

Five blessings is a multifaceted concept of blessing, throughout the life of happiness as the goal, talking about longevity, affluence, well-being, virtue, old age without disease, that such a life is perfect. Han Fei Zi said: "Full life and wealth are considered blessings. This is the concept of longevity plus wealth and fortune.

Ouyang Xiu, a famous writer and politician of the Song Dynasty, expressed his view on the blessing in the poem "Jide Chenxiang on the political director Du Xianggong", which reads: "A heart of the country is diligent and exhausting, and five blessings of the family are life and well-being". It can be seen that he believed that the core of the five blessings was longevity and health. Prevalent in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the pattern of five bats fluttering around the word longevity, highlighting the concept of longevity as the center of the five blessings.