The Thoughts of the Variations of the Chinese Cursive Script, as Reflected in Zhao Mengfu Learns Zhi Yong’s Regular-Cursive-Script Thousand Character Classic =草書寫法的思考——從趙孟頫臨智永真草千文入手

摘要

One Chinese word may have many written variations in cursive script. In order to find the rules of the changes from regular script to cursive script, my main aim is to analyze the changes of Zhao Mengfu learns Zhi Yong. My thesis' title is The Thoughts of the Variations of the Chinese Cursive Script, as Reflected in Zhao Mengfu Learns Zhi Yong's Regular-Cursive-Script Thousand Character Classic. I draw the practical teaching blue map by absorbing the ancients' learning experience. This research uses "Inductive Method" and "Comparative Method". In order to know the rules of the changes from regular script to cursive script, I use 《急就章》jí jiù zhāng, 《唐人月儀帖》táng rén yuè yí tiè, 《澄清堂帖》Chengqingtang Tie, and《淳化閣帖》chún huà gé tiē. The four core rules are "simplify", "replacement", "change the place", and "change the order". "Simplify" is to reduce the stroke of a Chinese character, not the "movement". "Replacement" is to use another "part of the word", or "stroke of a Chinese character" to replace the character's form. "Change the place" is to change the place of the part of the word, or the pen shape. "Change the order" is to change the order of the "stroke of a Chinese Character", or "pen's movement". This thesis also has the statistics of the Regular-Cursive-Script Thousand Character Classic's differences between Zhi Yong and Zhao Mengfu. "Different form" refers to different part between regular script and cursive script. "Difference" refers to the significant difference in "pen shape", or the "part of the word". "Difference" includes "variants", "wrong word", and "another word". "Regular script": the difference is 35.6% ; the same is 63.1% ; the non-comparison is 1.3%. "Cursive script": the difference is 44.3% ; the same is 54.8% ; the non-comparison is 0.9%. The reason why Zhao Mengfu changed the Zhi Yong written way could be: 1. Correct the wrong word. 2. Tell the people usually used word in that period. 3. Represent the written variations. 4. Base on the 小篆xiǎo zhuàn character. 5. Zhao Mengfu's written mistakes. 6. For the beautiful factor. I learn three things from Zhao Mengfu changed Zhi Yong written ways: 1. Represent cursive script teaching material is not satisfied. 2. A Chinese word may have more than one written way in Cursive script. 3. The strokes of a Chinese cursive script have their meanings.