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== History ==

The Chinese writing system has been borrowed and used in East Asian countries, including Japan, Korea and Vietnam for thousands of years. Duedue to similarities in [[Chinese culture|cultures]], beliefs and vocabulary, Chinese writing was able to assimilate into these areas. China’s extensive cultureinfluence, technology and large territory. atAs thea time influenced the emergence ofresult, calligraphy culture and its various styles spread across the region, including semi-cursive script.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Li|first=Yu|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1114273437|title=The Chinese writing system in Asia : an interdisciplinary perspective|date=2020|isbn=978-1-000-69906-7|___location=London|oclc=1114273437}}</ref>

=== China ===

The semi-cursive style was developed in the late-Eastern Han Dynasty. It is said that the style was derived from the [[clerical script]] by Liu Desheng due to the need for a faster way to write. The style was further developed by notable calligrapher Wang Xizhi and his son [[Wang Xianzhi (calligrapher)|Wang Xianzhi]], also a calligrapher.<ref name=":0" /> Script in this style is written in a more curvaceous style than the regular script, however not as illegible as the cursive script.<ref name=":4" />

One of the most notable calligraphers to produce work using the semi-cursive style is Wang Xizhi, where his work, ''Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection'' was written in 353 AD.<ref name=":1" /> The work included the character [[:wikt:之 (''zhi'')|之]], a possessive particle, twenty-one times all in different forms. The difference in form was generated by Wang under the influence of having alcohol with his acquaintances. He had wanted to reproduce the work again since it was in his liking, but to no avail. Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Collection is still included in the some of the world’s most notable calligraphy works and remains highly influential in the calligraphy world.<ref name=":1" />

The semi-cursive style was also the basis of the techniques used to write with the [[fountain pen]] when Western influence was heavy in China, in the early 20th century.<ref name=":1" />