Calligraphy, literally "beautiful ... during the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.), when Chinese artisans perfected the manufacture of the basic materials still used by calligraphers today: brush, ink ...

He wandered through the open-air markets, testing his language skills and admiring the wares – especially items featuring ...

The Chinese word for calligraphy, shufa, or “way of writing,” can be read ... Up through the first half of the 20th century, most literate Chinese learned to write with a brush. Although they might ...