2024年3月12日发(作者：conservative)

Chinese calligraphy

Chinese calligraphy (Brush calligraphy) is an art unique to Asian cultures. Shu

(calligraphy), Hua (painting), Qin (a string musical instrument), and Qi (a strategic

boardgame) are the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese intellectuals and

poets, and are regarded as the most abstract and sublime form of art in Chinese

culture.

To understand calligraphy and painting, first let's get to know the commom

tools these two art forms share, namely, the Four Treasures of the Study

writing brush

ink stick

paper

ink stone

The best of each of these items is represented by: Hu Brush (湖笔), Hu ink stick

(徽墨), Xuan paper (宣纸), and Duan ink stone (端砚).

Hu Brush (湖笔),

Hu ink stick (徽墨)

Xuan paper (宣纸)

Duan ink stone (端砚).

Calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters with the Four Treasures of

the Study. To understand calligraphy, one must first know something about

Chinese characters

The development of Chinese Character and Calligraphy

❖ In ancient China, the oldest Chinese characters existing are oracle bone

scripts carved on ox scapula and tortoise plastrons,because the dominators in

Shang Dynasty carved pits on such animals's bones and then baked them to gain

auspice of military affairs, agricultural harvest, or even procreating and weather,

etc. During the divination ceremony, after the cracks were made, the characters

were written with a brush on the shell or bone to be later carved. With the

development of

Jīnwén

(Bronzeware script) and

Dàzhuàn

(Large Seal Script)

"cursive" signs continued. Moreover, each archaic kingdom of current China had its

own set of characters.

指中国商朝晚期王室用于占卜记事而在龟甲或兽骨上契刻的文字。甲骨文是先用毛笔

写在龟甲或兽骨上，然后再由工匠刻出。

现代汉字即由甲骨文演变而来