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Clerical script is a variety of Chinese calligraphy during its evolution, also known as the "official script" or "ancient style of calligraphy." It evolved from and was a simplification of seal script. In terms of execution of strokes, clerical script changed rounded turns to abrupt turns. Structurally, each character was wider and flatter, with longer horizontal lines and shorter vertical ones, featuring an elegant style like "a silkworm's head and the tail of a wild goose," and "one wave and three bends." Clerical script is said to have been invented by a junior clerk named Cheng Miao who lived in the Qin Dynasty but actually it originated during the earlier Warring States Period. Cheng Miao was responsible only for putting into order and standardizing this calligraphic style. Compared with the seal script, clerical script was simpler in structure and more convenient to write. It became popular in the Eastern Han Period, reaching an unprecedented height of development. In the Wei and Jin period, the clerical script was also referred to as regular script, or proper script, which is similar to clerical style, but with leftfalling and right-falling strokes 去书内
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    Clerical script, an important calligraphic style derived from simplified seal script, features angular strokes and a wide, flat structure. Known for elegant “silkworm heads and wild goose tails,” it emerged in the Warring States Period and was standardized by Qin Dynasty clerk Cheng Miao. Simpler and more practical than seal script, it marked a key evolution in Chinese writing.

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