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The small seal script is an archaic script style of written Chinese.It developed within the state of Qin during the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–256 BC), and was then promulgated across China in order to replace script varieties used in other ancient Chinese states following Qin's wars of unification and establishment of the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) under Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of ...
The term seal script may refer to several distinct varieties, including the large seal script and the small seal script.Without qualification, seal script usually refers to the small seal script—that is, the lineage which evolved within the state of Qin during the Eastern Zhou dynasty (771–221 BC), which was later standardized under Qin Shi Huang (r.
3. The main treatment of 'small seal script' should be on the 'seal script' page anyway, especially in light of the fact that the name 'large seal script' is an ambiguous, later coinage with serious problems as I've discussed on the 'seal script' page. "Seal script" already primarily indicates the 'small seal' form.
A note should be made to the effect that the real name ought to be inscription script, but out of longstanding use, seal script is being used currently which you've already done. Dylanwhs 09:29, 24 March 2006 (UTC) I think the article Xiaozhuan should be renamed to "Small Seal Script". That is the correct name.
The Shuowen Jiezi entry for 子 'child', showing the small seal script (top right), ancient script (top left), and Zhou script (bottom left) forms. [1] A page from a commentary on the work by Wang Guowei. The Shizhoupian (Chinese: 史籀篇) is the first known Chinese dictionary, and was written in the ancient large seal script.
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Nine-fold seal script [a] [1] [2] or nine-fold script, [b] [3] also translated nine-bend script, [3] or layered script [5] is a highly stylised form of Chinese calligraphy derived from small seal script, using convoluted winding strokes aligned to horizontal and vertical directions, folded back and forth to fill the available space.
A number of Xu Shen's character analyses are erroneous, as the seal script differs considerably from the older bronzeware script and the even older oracle bone script, both of which were unknown at the time, also to Xu Shen. Karlgren, for example, disputes Xu Shen's interpretation of 巠 (jing) as depicting a subterranean water channel.