鸟虫篆,称鸟书或鸟虫书,是先秦篆书的变体,属于金文里的一种特殊美术字体。它是春秋中后期至战国时代盛行于吴、越、楚、蔡、徐、宋等南方诸国的一种特殊文字。这种字体常以错金形式出现,高贵而华丽,富有装饰效果,变幻莫测。其笔画屈曲如虫,画首饰以鸟状而得名,即文字与鸟形融为一体,或在字旁与字的上下附加 Bird insects Zhuan, said bird book or bird worm book, is a variant of pre-Qin seal, belongs to a special art fonts in Jinwen Lane. It is a special text that prevailed in the southern countries such as Wu, Yue, Chu, Cai, Xu and Song prevailing in the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period. This font often appear in the wrong form, noble and gorgeous, full of decorative effects, unpredictable. Its strokes buckle as insects, painting jewelry named after the bird, that is, text and bird-shaped integration, or words in the upper and lower words and attached