The Evolution of Ancient and Modern Chinese Characters: A Study of Bone Inscriptions from Western Han Dynasty
Abstract
The tens of thousands of bone inscriptions unearthed from the Weiyang Palace site of the Western Han dynasty capital Chang’an in the mid-1980s contain a mixture of seal script, clerical script, and cursive styles. Analysis of the calligraphic features of these bone inscriptions shows they inherited the Qin seal script but evolved into Han clerical script, providing authentic historical evidence of the evolution of ancient and modern Chinese characters.
Keywords
Bone inscriptions; Engravings; Clerical script evolution; Aesthetics
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i25.10147
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