The historical development of Chinese calligraphy can be summarized in the following order:
Yin Shang period: The oracle bone inscription appeared, which is the earliest form of ancient Chinese character recording in China.
Shang and Zhou dynasties: Jin Wen appeared, which is an inscription on bronze vessels used to describe major events or ***
Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period: Stone Drum Scripts appeared, these are ancient official documents carved in stone, reflecting the social conditions and cultural level of the time.
Qin Dynasty: The unified script is called the small seal, which is simplified from the Jin script.
Han Dynasty: Mainly divided into the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, calligraphy underwent major changes during this period, including the birth and development of official scripts, as well as the emergence of chapter grass, true scripts (regular scripts), and Xingshu.
Wei and Jin dynasties: completed the important stage of the evolution of the book style, the seal Li Zhenxingcao was complete and perfected, and at the same time gave birth to the emergence of the real book (regular script).
Northern and Southern Dynasties: Entering the era of the North Tablet and the South Post, the calligraphy style is diversified, such as the Wei Tablet represents the transition from official script to regular script.
Tang Dynasty: The art of calligraphy reached a new height, with significant developments in regular script, line script, and cursive script, which influenced later generations.
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period: The art of calligraphy inherited the remnants of the late Tang Dynasty, but due to social turmoil, a trend of decline and decay was formed.
Song Dynasty: The development of calligraphy was relatively slow, mainly in regular script.
Yuan Dynasty: Although there were also calligraphers, their contributions to the seal, eight points, and Wei style were not as good as those of other dynasties.
Ming Dynasty: Theology was prevalent, there were many regular scripts, and there was a lack of inheritance of the style of the Qin, Han and Northern Dynasties.
Qing Dynasty: It was the middle period of calligraphy in the Qing Dynasty, and the art of calligraphy was further developed by competing with each other.
The above is a relatively systematic overview of the development history of calligraphy, each period has its own specific calligraphy style and technological innovation, which together constitute the rich and colorful historical tradition of Chinese calligraphy.