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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:Inscription on Zhang Qian's Stele in lishu style.jpg|thumb|Inscription on Zhang Qian's Stele in lishu style]]<br /> '''''Lishu''''' germinated in pre-Qin times. By the [[Qin Dynasty]] (221-206 BC), it came to be used by low-ranking officials. It simplified the more complicated strokes of seal character script and used a bend instead of making a roundabout turn.<br /> <br /> ''Lishu'' is attributed to [[Cheng Miao]], who lived in the State of Qin. The script was used by ''li'' (clerks working in prisons) hence the Chinese term ''lishu'' (servitude script).<br /> <br /> By the ''Han Dynasty'', it was promoted as a writing style. In over 400 years of propagation, ''lishu'' created many schools of writing. To facilitate writing, ''lishu'' branched out into ''xingshu'' (running script) and ''caoshu'' (cursive script), written in a flowing style with the strokes joined together. ''Lishu'' may be said to be the harbinger of running and cursive scripts.<br /> <br /> <br /> [[category:culture]]</div>

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