What is the name of the Chinese character that was used by Qin Shi Huang to unify the national script after he destroyed the six kingdoms?

This character is called the Small Seal Character.

Small Seal Script was created after the unification of China by Emperor Qin Shi Huang (221 BC), in order to implement the policy of "writing books in the same language, keeping cars on the same track" and unifying weights and measures, and under the responsibility of the Prime Minister Li Si, a simplified version of the seal script (籀文), which had been used in the original state of Qin, was created by eliminating the other scripts of the six states, creating a unified written form of the Chinese character.

It remained popular in China until the end of the Western Han Dynasty (about 8 A.D.), when it was gradually replaced by the official script. However, it was always favored by calligraphers because of its beautiful script. And because of its complex strokes, strange and ancient forms, and the ability to add twists and turns at will, seal engraving, especially official seals that need to prevent counterfeiting, has always used seal script until the overthrow of the feudal dynasty and the emergence of new anti-counterfeiting technology in modern times.

Characteristics of the Small Seal Script

1, it is rectangular in shape, with one and a half characters in square block letters to the degree that one character is the proper form, and the half character is the foot of the pendant, with the approximate ratio of about 3:2.

2. The strokes are horizontal and vertical, round and even, and basically the same thickness. All the horizontal and vertical strokes are equidistant and parallel, all the strokes are rounded, rounded, rounded, rounded, rounded, rounded, rounded, rounded, rounded, rounded and interesting.

3, is balanced and symmetrical, space division balance and symmetry is the unique charm of seal script. Symmetry not only exists in left-right symmetry, up-down symmetry, but also exists in the local symmetry of the character, the symmetry of the left and right inclination of the arc-shaped strokes.

4. It is tight at the top and loose at the bottom. Most of the characters in the small seal script have the main part of the character in the upper part, and the lower part of the character in the lower part is the expanding and contracting foot. Of course, there are also characters with no feet underneath, where the main body strokes are in the lower part, while the upper part of the strokes can be shrugged up.

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