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书法 中国书法Chinese Calligraphy 文房四宝 The Four Treasures of Study 毛笔 Brush 墨 Ink-stick 宣纸 Rice paper 砚 Ink-stone “Four Treasures of the Study is an idiom that refers to the items used in Chinese painting and calligraphy. Calligraphy is the traditional art of writing Chinese char- acters. After centuries of creation and evolution, calligraphy has become a unique form of art. Chinese scripts are generally divided into five categories: the seal script (zhuan), the official script (li), the regular script (kai), the cursive hand (cao) and the running hand (xing). The seal script was the representa- tive script of the Qin Dynasty (221BC—206 BC). The official script was popularly used in the Han Dynasty (206 BC—220 AD). The regular script was the result of development of the official script. The cursive hand is a fast way of writing the regular and of- ficial scripts. The running hand is the script between the regular and cursive. Neither as neat as the former nor as difficult to rec- ognize as the latter, it is the most commonly used, and is the easi- est way of handwriting. There have been many famous calligraphers, such as Wang Xizhi, Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhen- qing, Liu Gongquan and Zhao Calligraphy Mengfu, to name but a few. Each, after years of hard practice, has formed a unique calligraphic style, elevating the Chinese cal- ligraphy into a higher level. Chinese brush, ink stick, paper and ink stone are the necessary tools and materials for writing and painting and have always been named collectively as the “Four Treasures of the Study”. To learn calligraphy, one first has to learn how to use a Chinese brush. Beginners should start by copying the regular script. 王羲之 Wang Xizhi （303-361） Eastern Jin Dynasty（317-420） 汉字Chinese Characters 汉字是世界上最古老的文字之一，也是世界上使用人数最多的文字。汉字的数量很多，总数约60 000个，其中常用字约6 000个。汉