The route from the pictograms carved in bone to a standardized Chinese writing went through many steps and long centuries. These scripts are referred to as Seal Scripts, and they differ according to time period and region. The development of the characters was largely influenced by the medium and tools used: clay molds, sytlus, bamboo books and ink-brush…
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