Small seal script: Difference between revisions

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{{Table Hanzi}}

The '''small seal script''' is an archaic [[script style]] of [[written Chinese]]. It developed within the [[state of Qin]] during the [[Eastern Zhou]] dynasty (771–256{{sbc}} BC), and was then promulgated across China in order to replace script varieties used in other [[ancient Chinese states]] following [[Qin's wars of unification]] and establishment of the [[Qin dynasty]] (221–206{{sbc}} BC) under [[Qin Shi Huang]], the first [[Emperor of China]].

== History ==