liùtǐ
six scripts of the Xin dynasty
- 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 liùshū
- 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 liùshū 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
Cross-References
Same as
- 六书 liùshū