After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he implemented a series of reforms. Among them, unifying Chinese characters is a very important policy. During the China period, although the basic structure of Chinese characters in different countries was the same, the font complexity and radical position were different. Li Si was ordered to unify the script. Based on the characters of Qin State and referring to the characters of six countries, he formulated seal script, wrote it as a model, and promoted it throughout the country.

This kind of calligraphy inherits the inscriptions and stone inscriptions of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and Qin State, and will be integrated with the calligraphy styles of various places. It is the first unified font in China and the key to change the history of books.

Qin Wen is a kind of calligraphy developed on the basis of Jin Wen and Wen Shu (Da Zhuan), so Qin Wen is also called Qin Zhuan, which is distinguished from Da Zhuan by later generations. In the Qin dynasty, there were few traces of seal script preserved in stone carvings, among which the monument erected by Qin Shihuang was the most important, while the original stones and rubbings of Langxietai and Taishan Mountain were the most visible. Some words engraved on the weights and measures of the Qin Dynasty reflect the natural and simple style.

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Before Qin Shihuang unified the Central Plains, the characters of different countries were also very different. Even the same word can be written in several ways.

Since the Shang Dynasty, writing has gradually become popular. As an official language, bronze inscriptions are relatively consistent in form. However, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were regional differences in folk characters, such as weapons, Wen Tao, silk books and bamboo slips. This situation has hindered the economic and cultural exchanges between different places, and also affected the effective implementation of policies and decrees of the central government.

So, after Qin unified the Central Plains, Qin Shihuang ordered Li Si and others to sort out the unified characters. Since then, more convenient calligraphy has been adopted and unified characters have been stipulated. In this way, cultural exchanges between different places are much more convenient. This is called "the same book".

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