Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art ... clearly during the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.-220 C.E.), when Chinese artisans perfected the manufacture of the basic ...

Few things in Chinese culture ... only regular medium for writing standard Chinese in the world today. In modern China, some of the most complex or frequently used characters have been simplified by ...

Trace the history of Chinese characters ... And all characters are built from a variety of strokes, which are often simplified to eight basic types. There are 214 radicals, each with its own ...