Cursive script originated in China during the to Jìn Dynasty with influence from the semi-cursive and standard styles.
In the art of calligraphy, there are various styles of cursive script:
- 章草, pinyin ''zhāngcǎo'', Japanese ''shōsō'', an early cursive based on clerical script,
- old style,
- unconnected style, Chinese (S) and Japanese 独草, Chinese (T) 獨草, pinyin ''dúcǎo'', Japanese ''dokusō'', where each character is separate,
- connected style, Chinese (S) 连绵体, Chinese (T) 連綿體, Japanese 連綿体, pinyin ''liánmiántǐ'' Japanese ''renmentai'', where each character is connected to the succeeding one, and
- ''wild cursive'', 狂草, pinyin ''kuángcǎo'', Japanese ''kyōsō'', which is even more cursive and illegible.
Cursive script forms of Chinese characters are the origin of the Japanese script Hiragana , which developed from cursive script via a form of writing called Man'yōgana . In Japan, cursive script was considered to be suitable for women, whereas the clerical style was considered to be suitable for men.
- The Art of Japanese Calligraphy, 1973, author Yujiro Nakata, publisher Weatherhill/Heibonsha, ISBN 0834810131.
- Qiú Xīguī (裘錫圭, 2000). Chinese Writing. English translation of his 文字學概論 (1988 PRC edition is in simplified Chinese; 1993 Taiwan edition is in traditional Chinese) by the late Gilbert L. Mattos (Chairman, Dept. of Asian Studies, Seton Hall University) and Jerry Norman (Professor Emeritus, Asian Languages & Literature Dept., Univ. of Washington). Early China Special Monograph Series No. 4. Berkeley: The Society for the Study of Early China and the Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley. ISBN 1-55729-071-7.
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