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The 17 pages that link to Seal script, each with the reason it gives.

• Running scriptRelated: Its older character shapes form part of the historical background to later script styles.

• Chinese sealRelated: Its compact, regular characters suit the confined surface of a seal.

• Zhao MengfuRelated: Zhao’s study of early scripts fed his calligraphic revival of antiquity.

• Yan ZhenqingRelated: Yan studied older script forms as resources for his own brushwork.

• Guan DaoshengRelated: Seals and inscriptions help identify works and connect her painting to calligraphic culture.

• Qi BaishiRelated: Qi drew on seal-script forms when carving compact, strongly composed inscriptions.

• Drogön Chögyal PhagpaRelated: The ’Phags-pa script’s square forms were suited to seals and official inscriptions.

• Kim ChŏnghŭiRelated: Kim’s engagement with archaic scripts informed the unusual structure and authority of his brush forms.

• Xu ShenRelated: The Shuowen Jiezi chiefly records characters in small-seal forms.