Chinese script developed after the First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 BCE, when he adopted Li Si's suggestion to standardize writing. The standardized script is called the small seal script, as opposed to the great seal scripts before the Qin. The standardized small seal script features round, neat, and well-balanced strokes and structures.

small seal script(P,,U,English-P,D,U,NA)
small-seal script(,U,English-NP,UF,U,U)
小篆(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,NA)
hsiao chuan(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,NA)
xiǎo zhuàn(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,NA)
xiǎo zhuàn(,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-NP,UF,U,U)
xiao zhuan(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,NA)

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....Objects Facet
........Components (Hierarchy Name)
............components (objects)
................<components by specific context>
....................<information form components>
........................<script and type forms>
............................scripts (writing)
................................<scripts by form>
....................................Chinese scripts
........................................seal script
............................................small seal script

distinguished from....

great seal script

Chinese (traditional)....	秦統一六國後（221 BCE），秦始皇採納李斯建議，簡化漢字並制定統一標準，稱為小篆；秦代以前的文字則統稱大篆。小篆的形體勻圓整齊，是規範化的書體。

small seal script............	[VP]
.................	Grove Art Online (2008-) "Chinese calligraphy," accessed 18 March 2011
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
.................	Qi et al, Chinese Characters Then and Now (2004)
small-seal script............	[VP]
.................	Tseng, History of Chinese Calligraphy (1993)
小篆............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
.................	中國文物大辭典
.................	雄獅中國美術辭典
.................	書法辭典
hsiao chuan............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
xiǎo zhuàn............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
xiǎo zhuàn............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
xiao zhuan............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	TELDAP database (2009-)
Subject:............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	Chinese Art Dictionary (1989)
.................	Calligraphy Dictionary (1989)
.................	Dictionary of Chinese Historical Relics (2008)

Getty AAT: 300343589 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300343589
ASDC Union Catalog： small seal script 、small-seal script 、小篆 、hsiao chuan 、xiǎo zhuàn 、xiǎo zhuàn 、xiao zhuan