liù​tǐ

six scripts of the Xin dynasty

六体 六體 liù​tǐ
six scripts of the Xin dynasty
Six styles used during the Wang Mang era: ancient script, odd characters, seal script, clerical script, thematic seal script, and bird-and-insect script; also known as 六书 liù​shū
human body
The human body, specifically referring to the head, the torso, and the four limbs.
six genres of the Book of Documents
The six literary genres found in the "Classic of History", including canons, counsels, instructions, announcements, oaths, and charges.
six lines of a hexagram
The six individual lines that make up a hexagram in the "I Ching".
six categories of Chinese characters
A synonym for 六书 liù​shū in the sense of the six principles of Chinese character classification (indicatives, pictograms, phono-semantic compounds, etc.)
six styles of calligraphy
The six major calligraphic forms established by the Tang dynasty: large seal, small seal, clerical, clerical (eight-part), running, and cursive

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