Nine-fold seal script

<p>Nine-fold seal script or nine-fold script,, also called jiudiezhuan or jiudiewen,  nine-bend script, or translated as layered script is a highly stylised form of <a href="/facts/Chinese_calligraphy/NlTLf2jB">Chinese calligraphy</a> derived from <a href="/facts/Small_seal_script/Ktv6xbYK">small seal script</a>, using convoluted winding strokes aligned to horizontal and vertical directions, folded back and forth to fill the available space. It was used for <a href="/facts/Chinese_characters/5pn1PFvj">Chinese characters</a> on official <a href="/facts/Seal_(East_Asia)/Kg4VjsM4">seals</a> by the <a href="/facts/Song_dynasty/FxV5bXS5">Song dynasty</a> and the contemporaneous <a href="/facts/Liao_dynasty/aLMKfWr7">Liao dynasty</a>, as well as by later dynasties such as the <a href="/facts/Ming_dynasty/p3bSVwUH">Ming dynasty</a>. It is encountered mainly on official governmental seals, but occasionally seen in other contexts, such as the seals of <a href="/facts/Daoism/Bk79rd9J">Daoist</a> masters.
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Nine-fold seal script