seal script and clerical script
Refers to two ancient Chinese script styles: 篆書 (seal script) and 隷書 (clerical script). Used in calligraphy and historical contexts.
To learn seal and clerical scripts, copying classical works is essential.
This stone monument is inscribed with characters in seal and clerical scripts.
Compound of 篆 (seal script) and 隷 (clerical script). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally used in calligraphy to refer to these two ancient script styles.