A SAGE Journal

2021年第2期

Writing media, script styles and literary forms: Reasons behind the development of the writing system during the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties and its significance

Kehe Zang 臧克和

First Published:2021-12-03    Page Views:

【Abstract】The graph zhi 纸 in the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties is of great significance and profound influence. The writing system during this period experienced a rapid development, leading to various script styles that met the demand of all kinds of literary forms and occasions. The development of script style is more directly related to the development of literary forms, especially written literature. Besides the development in the regularization of the writing system, the full preparation of script styles results mainly from material and social factors. Material factors refer to the change of writing media, namely the fact that paper became daily writing material during the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties, and social factors are the accumulation of family education and the social atmosphere of advocating calligraphy. The literature of the Wei, Jin and Southern and Northern dynasties has its own track of development and its particular literary forms and genres. The consideration of the development of script style and the transformation of writing media during this period will help us discover some internal connection.

【Keywords】Literary form, paper-making, script style
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