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1、ChinesecharacterandChinesecalligraphy[kə'liɡrəfi]Asweknow,Calligraphyistheartofmakingbeautifulorelegant['eliɡənt]handwriting,theChinesecalligraphyisnotonlyverybeautifulbutalsoverypractical.Itusebythescholar’s['skɔlə]fourjewels['dʒu:əl],theyarethewritingbrush,inkstick（墨）,inkslab（砚）andpaper.Inancie
2、ntChineselegend['ledʒənd],theChinesecharacterwascreatedby仓颉,butinfact,theformationofChinesecharactershaveaverylongcourse.Hereis仓颉,heistheofficialhistorianof黄帝，itseemedthathehas4eyes.Ashumansocietyforms,peoplerememberthingsbytyingaknotontherope,thentheylearnedtocarvesomepattern['pætən]onthestoneso
3、rtrunk.andthesepatternbecametheearlyHieroglyphics[,haiərə'glifiks](象形文字).InChina,themostfamousHieroglyphicsistheoracle['ɔrəkl,'ɔ:-]（甲骨文）,youmayknowthiswordformaveryfamousSoftwarecompany.Theoraclewasfoundinthelate19thcenturyinAnYang,HeNan.thisfoundshockedtheworld.TheoraclemainlyusedintheShangdynas
4、tytosacrifice['sækrifais](祭祀).InthelatewestZhoudynasty,withthebronzeware(青铜器)wasusedextensively[ik'stensivli],thesealcharacter(金文)wasalsousedextensivelyinsacrifice,butthesealcharacterstillbelongedtotheHieroglyphics.InChungqiuandZhanguodynasty,thecountriesweredisrupt[dis'rʌpt](分裂)andthevassals(诸侯)
5、['væsəla]werealwaysmakewars.Thentheethnic['eθnik]fused(民族融合),andtheChinesecharacterhasabigdevelopment,especiallywhentheQingShihuangunifiedChina,healsounifiedthecharacter.)ItistheLesserSeal(小篆),theLesserSealisthefirstunitivecharacterinChina,Itisnormative(规范的)andsignifying['signifaiiŋ](符号化)，soitpla
6、yedagreatroleontheChinesecharacter’sdevelopment.InwestHandynasty,theLesserSealisstilltheOfficialcharacter,buttheLesserSealissodifficulttowrite,anditisagainstthespreadofcharacter,sotheclerical['klerikəl]（隶书）whichissimpleandeasytowritespreadquickly.BeforeeastHandynasty,peoplewritecharactersonbamboo
7、slip.IneastHan,papersareinvented,itmadegreatcontributiontotheculture’sprogress.AndtheclericalbecametheOfficialcharacterineastHandynasty.TheWeiJinNanBeidynastyisthesecondsocialunrestperiod(社会动荡时期)inChinesehistory,thepeo
