The regular script is the newest of the major Chinese script styles , emerging during the Three Kingdoms period c. 230 CE , and stylistically mature by the 7th century. It is the most common style used in modern text. In its traditional form it is the third-most common in publishing after the Ming and Gothic types used exclusively in print.
14-506: Surname list Zuo [REDACTED] Zuo surname in regular script Pronunciation Zuǒ (Pinyin) Chó ( Pe̍h-ōe-jī ) Language(s) Chinese Origin Language(s) Chinese Meaning "left" Other names Variant form(s) Zuo (Mandarin) Tso (Mandarin, Wade-Giles) Zuo ( Chinese : 左 ; pinyin : Zuǒ )
28-522: A calligrapher in the state of Cao Wei (220–266), being credited as its first master, known as the father of regular script. His famous works include the Xuanshi biao ( 宣示表 ), Jianjizhi biao ( 薦季直表 ), and Liming biao ( 力命表 ). Palaeographer Qiu Xigui describes the script in Xuanshi biao as: ...clearly emerging from the womb of early period semi-cursive script. If one were to write
42-573: A style of calligraphy like that in the "Xuān shì biǎo". However, very few wrote in this script at the time other than a few literati; most continued writing in the neo-clerical script, or a hybrid form of semi-cursive and neo-clerical. The regular script did not become dominant until the 5th century during the early Northern and Southern period (420–589); there was a variety of the regular script which emerged from neo-clerical as well as regular scripts known as ' Wei regular' ( 魏楷 ; Wèikǎi ) or 'Wei stele' ( 魏碑 ; Wèibēi ). Thus,
56-2457: Is a Chinese surname. It is the 187th name listed on the Hundred Family Surnames poem. People [ edit ] Zuo Zongtang (左宗棠) (1812–1885), Qing dynasty Han Chinese General, the inspiration for General Tso's chicken Zuo Baogui (左寶貴) (1837–1894), Qing dynasty Hui Chinese General Zhang Zuo (pianist) (左章) (born 1989), Chinese-American pianist Zuo Xiaoqing (Chinese: 左小青; born 1977) Chinese actress, TV presenter and former rhythmic gymnast. Zuo Caiyun (born 1996), Chinese para-athlete See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] China portal List of common Chinese surnames References [ edit ] v t e 101–200 Most Common Family Names in Mainland China (2013, Fuxi Culture Association) #101–125 Tāng 汤/湯 Xiàng 向 Cháng 常 Wēn 温/溫 Kāng 康 Shī 施 Wén 文 Niú 牛 Fán 樊 Gě 葛 Xíng 邢 Ān 安 Qí 齐/齊 Yì 易 Qiáo 乔/喬 Wǔ 伍 Pāng 庞/龐 Yán 颜/顏 Ní 倪 Zhuāng 庄/莊 Niè 聂/聶 Zhāng 章 Lǔ 鲁/魯 Yùe 岳 Zhāi 翟 #126–150 Yīn 殷 Zhān 詹 Shēn 申 Ōu 欧/歐 Gěng 耿 Guān 关/關 Lán 兰/蘭 Jiāo 焦 Yú 俞 Zuǒ 左 Liǔ 柳 Gān 甘 Zhù 祝 Bāo 包 Níng 宁/寧 Shàng 尚 Fú 符 Shū 舒 Ruǎn 阮 Kē 柯 Jǐ/Jì 纪/紀 Méi 梅 Tong 童 Líng 凌 Huá/Huà 华/華 #151–175 Shàn 单/單 Jì 季 Péi 裴 Huò 霍 Tú 涂 Chéng 成 Miáo 苗 Gǔ 谷 Shèng 盛 Qǔ 曲 Wēng 翁 Rán 冉 Luò 骆/駱 Lán 蓝/藍 Lù 路 Yóu 游 Xīn 辛 Jìn 靳 Ōuyáng 欧阳/歐陽 Guǎn 管 Chái 柴 Méng 蒙 Baò 鲍/鮑 Bì 毕/畢 Yù 喻 #176–200 Qí 祁 Pú 蒲 Fáng 房 Téng 滕 Qū 屈 Ráo 饶/饒 Xiè/Jiě 解 Móu 牟 Ài 艾 Yóu 尤 Yáng 阳/陽 Shí 时/時 Mù 穆 Nóng 农/農 Sī 司 Zhuó 卓 Gǔ 古 Jí 吉 Miào 缪 Jiǎn 简/簡 Chē 车/車 Xiàng 项/項 Lián 连/連 Lú 芦/蘆 Mài 麦/麥 Related Hundred Family Surnames List of common Chinese surnames 100 Most Common Family Names in Mainland China [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
70-554: Is different from Wikidata Articles containing Chinese-language text All set index articles Regular script The Xuanhe Calligraphy Manual ( 宣和書譜 ) credits Wang Cizhong [ zh ] with creating the regular script, based on the clerical script of the early Han dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE). It became popular during the Eastern Han and Three Kingdoms periods, with Zhong Yao ( c. 151 – 230 CE),
84-810: Is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surnames 區 and 歐 , which share a common origin with the compound surname Ouyang ( 歐陽 ), from the ruling family of the State of Yue during the Spring and Autumn period . They are commonly romanized as Au or Ao in Cantonese . Ou 歐 is listed 361st in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames . As of 2008, Ou 欧 is the 134th most common surname in China, shared by 1.13 million people. Most recently, by using
98-421: The 1990 census and the 11,845th most common surname during the 2000 census . Au ranked 11,417th and 5,195th, and Ao ranked 88,459th and 58,402nd. During the 2010 census , Ou, Au and Ao ranked as the 7,891st, 4,919th and 41,501st most common surname respectively. The Ou ( 歐 ) and Ouyang are considered to both descend from the ruling family of the state of Yue during the Spring and Autumn period . With
112-676: The Qing dynasty (1644–1912); the calligrapher Huang Ziyuan [ zh ] wrote a guidebook illustrating these rules, with four characters provided as an example for each. The Eight Principles of Yong encapsulate varieties of most strokes that appear in the regular script. Regular script characters with dimensions larger than 5 cm (2 in) are usually classified as 'large' ( 大楷 ; dàkǎi ); those smaller than 2 cm (0.8 in) are usually classified as 'small' ( 小楷 ; xiǎokǎi ), and those in between are 'medium' ( 中楷 ; zhōngkǎi ). Notable works written in regular script include
126-469: The surname Zuo . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zuo&oldid=1248851364 " Categories : Surnames Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
140-685: The 2010 China census data and statistical analysis data that included random sampling from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, the Fuxi Culture Research Association ranked the surname 区 / 區 291st most common in China, shared by around 199,000 people (0.015% of the Chinese population) with the largest concentration of holders in Guangdong province. Ou was the 27,293th most common surname in the United States during
154-594: The Northern and Southern-era Records of Yao Boduo Sculpturing ( 姚伯多造像記 ) and Tablet of General Guangwu ( 廣武將軍碑 ), the Sui-era Tablet of Longzang Temple ( 龍藏寺碑 ), Tombstone Record of Sui Xiaoci ( 蘇孝慈墓誌 ), and Tombstone Record of Beauty Tong ( 董美人墓誌 ), and the Tang-era Sweet Spring at Jiucheng Palace ( 九成宮醴泉銘 ). 其數然而天地苞 乎陰陽而易識者 以其有象也陰陽 處乎天地而難窮 Ou (surname) Ou
SECTION 10
#1732765377101168-456: The regular script is descended both from the early semi-cursive style as well as from the neo-clerical script. The script is considered to have become stylistically mature during the Tang dynasty (618–907), with the most famous and oft-imitated calligraphers of that period being the early Tang's Four Great Calligraphers ( 初唐四大家 ): Ouyang Xun , Yu Shinan , Chu Suiliang , and Xue Ji , as well as
182-561: The tandem of Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan . During the Northern Song (960–1127), Emperor Huizong created an iconic style known as 'slender gold' ( 瘦金體 ; shòujīntǐ ). During the Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), Zhao Mengfu (1254–1322) also became known for his own calligraphic style for the regular script, called Zhaoti ( 趙體 ). 92 rules governing the fundamental structure of regular script were established during
196-404: The tidily written variety of early period semi-cursive script in a more dignified fashion and were to use consistently the pause technique [( 頓 ; dùn )], used to reinforce the beginning or ending of a stroke when ending horizontal strokes, a practice which already appears in early period semi-cursive script, and further were to make use of right-falling strokes with thick feet, the result would be
#100899