东汉镜铭花体字试探

On Artistic Calligraphy of Mirror Inscription in Eastern Han Period

镜铭是浇铸在铜镜背面的文字。东汉镜铭花体字主要有缪篆、变式篆体和变式篆隶体三种书体,其中以悬针书和蚊脚书最为常见,悬针书在新莽时期就已形成。镜铭花体字的形成一方面受文字和铜镜的装饰功能决定,另一方面东汉中期以来的书法发展促进了其复古和繁荣。

The mirror inscription is the casting at the back of the bronze mirror. The artistic calligraphy of the mirror inscription at Eastern Han period mainly has three kind of calligraphy typefaces, namely Mou Zhuan typeface, Bianshi Zhuan typeface, Bianshi Zhuan and Li typeface. Among them, the Xuanzhen script and Wenjiao script are popular calligraphies. It can be proved that the Xuanzhen script has begun since the Xin Mang period. The form of the artistic calligraphy, on the one hand, is decided by the decoration function of the writing and the bronze mirror, on the other hand, since the Middle Eastern Han period the development of the calligraphy promoted the artistic calligraphy restores the old with prosperity.