Han Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi? Syria said:? When Qin Shihuang first ascended the throne, Prime Minister Li Si played with him, but he didn't cooperate with Qin Wen. Our company wrote Cang Xie, the CRRC court ordered Zhao Gao to write Curie, and a surname ordered Hu Wujing to write Bo Xue, all of which were based on the seal script of Shangshu, or had undergone considerable changes. So-called? Xiao zhuan? And ... ? Li Daoyuan's Notes on the Water Classics of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Volume 7, Pivot Water, said: In Zhou Xuanshi, Da Zhuan was created by Shi Shu. Wang Ping moved to the East, and the words were wrong. What are the names of Li Si and Hu Wujing in the Qin Dynasty who changed their calligraphy? Xiao zhuan? Therefore, there are big seals and small seals. ? Therefore, Biography is the product of Li Si, Hu Wujing and others absorbing and modifying the ancient prose of the six countries on the basis of the ancient prose of the Qin Dynasty, unifying the world and unifying the characters. Xiao Zhuan was popular from the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Western Han Dynasty (about 8 AD), and was gradually replaced by official script.
Seal script is of special significance to the historical development of Chinese characters and even the spread of traditional culture in China. Qin Shihuang unified characters with Xiao Zhuan, which had a far-reaching impact on social development. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xu Shen wrote Shuo Wen Jie Zi based on Biography, which became the first systematic philological work and the first dictionary in the history of China, making Biography an important intermediary tool for studying, understanding and spreading culture in ancient China. Biography has made immeasurable contributions to the popularization and development of China culture.
Xiao Zhuan also plays a key role in a comprehensive and profound understanding of Chinese characters. Although Xiaozhuan is an ancient Chinese character, it has the comprehensive characteristics of ancient and modern characters. There are both the characteristics of ancient Chinese characters and the clues of modern Chinese characters. It is a key stage in the development of Chinese characters, connecting Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen, enlightening official script, regular script and modern Chinese characters. Some philologists have pointed out that Xiao Zhuan embodies all the trends and laws of Chinese character development, and also embodies all the spirit of Chinese character configuration.
Xiao Zhuan became popular from the Qin Dynasty and played an important role in the development of Chinese characters.