Clerical Script
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Clerical Script is an ancient Chinese writing style that emerged during the Qin and Han dynasties, characterized by its more rectilinear, simplified strokes that paved the way for later standard script forms.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chinese script style
ⓘ
calligraphic style ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Lishu
NERFINISHED
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official script ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Han bureaucracy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Qin administrative reforms ⓘ |
| calligraphyGenre | formal calligraphy ⓘ |
| ChineseName | 隸書 ⓘ |
| classification | one of the major traditional Chinese script styles ⓘ |
| complexityComparedToSealScript | more simplified ⓘ |
| developedInDynasty |
Han dynasty
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Qin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emergencePeriod | 3rd century BCE ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Eastern Han dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | standardized bureaucratic writing ⓘ |
| historicalRole | transition between Seal Script and Regular Script ⓘ |
| influencedScript |
Cursive Script
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Regular Script NERFINISHED ⓘ Semi-cursive Script ⓘ |
| language |
Classical Chinese
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Old Chinese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legibility | higher than Seal Script ⓘ |
| modernUse |
artistic calligraphy
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seal carving inscriptions ⓘ stele rubbings study ⓘ |
| predecessor | Seal Script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMedium | brush and ink ⓘ |
| primarySurface |
bamboo slips
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stone inscriptions ⓘ wooden tablets ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
administrative records
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official documents ⓘ stele inscriptions ⓘ |
| region | China NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | Chinese characters ⓘ |
| strokeCharacteristic |
broad, sweeping strokes
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distinctive "silkworm head and wild goose tail" form ⓘ flattened horizontal strokes ⓘ rectilinear strokes ⓘ |
| successor | Regular Script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
accounting records
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imperial edicts ⓘ legal documents ⓘ monument inscriptions ⓘ |
| visualImpression | wide and flat character shapes ⓘ |
| writingDirection | vertical ⓘ |
| writingSpeed | faster than Seal Script ⓘ |
| writingTool | soft brush ⓘ |
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