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Cursive script (Chinese: 草書, 草书, cǎoshū; Japanese: 草書体, sōshotai; Korean: 초서, choseo; Vietnamese: thảo thư), often referred to as grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy. It is an umbrella term for the cursive variants of the clerical script and the regular script. [1]
Learn the difference between Chinese cursive and calligraphy, and see examples of 草书 (rough script) and its variations. Find out why Chinese cursive is not common and how it reflects the writer's personality.
Learn about the history and features of different Chinese character scripts, from seal script to regular script. See how cursive script is a fully cursive style with drastic simplifications and ligatures.
The calligraphy sage, Wang Xizhi (王羲之, 303–361) of the Jin dynasty (晉朝, 265 – 420 C.E.), used to say that Zhang’s works in sousho were unmatched, even by himself. Zhang Zhi is often quite correctly called tsao sheng (草聖) – which in Chinese means “cursive script sage”.
Learn about the history, evolution, and formation of Chinese characters and the major styles of Chinese calligraphy writing. This chapter covers the six methods of forming characters, the oracle bone script, the seal script, the clerical script, the regular script, and the cursive script.
Learn about the history and features of cursive script (草書), a simplified and artistic form of Chinese writing. See examples of cursive script by the artist Wen Peng and compare it with standard script (shown on the right).
Cursive script (Chinese: 草書, 草书, cǎoshū; Japanese: 草書体, sōshotai; Korean: 초서, choseo; Vietnamese: thảo thư), often referred to as grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy.
Semi-cursive script is a style of Chinese calligraphy that emerged during the Han dynasty and is used to write Chinese characters. It is also known as running script and is popular in modern times despite not being officially taught.
This web page offers tutorials on how to write in cursive script (草書), a style of Chinese calligraphy that evolved from clerical script (隷書) in the Han dynasty. It also explains the 10 general rules of writing in cursive script and the secrets of cursive script in three parts.
Learn about the history and features of cursive script (caoshu, 草書), a simplified and abbreviated form of Chinese characters. Cursive script developed in the Han and Tang dynasties and requires special training to read and write.