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Chinese Characters The Chinese characters is a kind of the most ancient characters in the world. Origin of Chinese Characters With language, ancient humans began accumulating knowledge through which human culture came forth. With characters, they recorded the language and communicated with each other, which distinguished man from animals. It is characters that drew a line between the primitive and civilized periods of human society. Origin of Chinese Characters Tying knots (结绳说) Carved characters(契刻说） The Eight Diagrams (八卦说) Cangjie created the characters (仓颉造字说) The legendary story about Cang Jie creating characters is generally recorded in ancient books. According to ancient records, Chinese characters were created by Cang Jie, a history officer of the legendary Yellow Emperor. For any script can only be a creation developed by people to meet the needs of social life over a long period of trial and experiment. Chinese characters are a huge and complicated system, and they could only have come into being after a long period of creation and development. The Development of Chinese Characters Chinese characters improve themselves constantly to adapt to the changing times. 篆书篆书包含大篆和小篆。大篆是对小篆出现之前的所有古字体的统称，而小篆则流行于秦国时期至西汉末年，后逐渐被隶书所取代。小篆体字形优美，是书法家们所钟爱的古字体之一。 隶书隶书也叫“隶字”、“古书”。是在篆书基础上，为适应书写便捷的需要产生的字体。就小篆加以简化，又把小篆匀圆的线条变成平直方正的笔画，便于书写。分“秦隶”（也叫“古隶”）和“汉隶”（也叫“今隶”）。隶书是汉字中常见的一种庄重的字体，书写效果略微宽扁，横画长而直画短，讲究“蚕头燕尾”、“一波三折”。隶书起源于秦朝，在东汉时期达到顶峰，书法界有“汉隶唐楷”之称。 楷书楷书也叫正楷、真书、正书。从隶书逐渐演变而来，更趋简化，字形由扁改方，笔划中简省了汉隶的波势，横平竖直。其特点是：形体方正，笔画平直，可作楷模，故名。 草书为书写便捷而产生的一种字体，由隶书演变而来。始于汉初。当时通用的是“草隶”，即潦草的隶书，后来逐渐发展，形成一种具有艺术价值的“章草”。汉未，张芝变革“章草”为“今草”，字的体势一笔而成。唐代张旭、怀素又发展为笔势连绵回绕，字形变化繁多的“狂草”。 行书介于楷书、草书之间的一种字体。它是为了弥补楷书的书写速度太慢和草书的难于辨认而产生的。笔势不象草书那样潦草，也不要求楷书那样端正。楷法多于草法的叫“行楷”。草法多于楷法的叫“行草”。行书始于东汉末年，东晋时期开始流行。 * * Oracle bones 甲骨文 seal script 篆体 clerical script 隶书 Regular script 楷书 Cursive script 草书 Semi-cursive Script行书 *