笔墨纸砚TheBrushTheChineseInkThePaperTheChineseInkSlabcontentsIntroductionIntroductionTraditionalChinesewritingtoolsincludethebrushes,theinksticks,paperandtheinkstones.Itfirstappearedinpeople’eyesatTheNorthernandSouthernDynasties.Theyareusedinstudy,thereforepeoplepraisethefourobjectsasthefourtreasuresofChinesestudy.TillnowitfamousforLakebrushXuanpaper,Huizhouink,andtheDuaninkstone.Itrepresentedwhatwesaidas“FourTreasures”.TheBrushBrushisthetraditionalChinesewritingortool,differentfromthequill-penusedinthewesternworld,ithasspecialfunctionsinancientChina.Likepaintigwritingorsoon.ItsaidthatthebrushwasfirstmadebyMengTian,afamousgeneralofQinDynasty.Tillnow,ithassurvivedover2200years.Intermsofthematerials,wecandivideitintoseveralkinds,suchasrabbithairones,horsehaironesorsuchlike.Whileintermsofthequality,wecanconcludeitintogolden,silver,ivory,orbamboo.TheChineseInkBeforethemanualinkinvented,almosteveryoneusednaturalinkorsemi-naturalinkasthewritingmaterial.Manypicturesweremadebyit,likethepaintedpottery.Theoriginalinkwasmadefrompinesoot,theinkalsonamed“ThePine-ink”.Ithasanoutstandingfeature—thesolidtexture.Soitcanbepreservedforyears.Withtheseuniquewritingmaterialancientpeoplecreatedmanymasterpieces,suchlikeXuMo’sinkpainting,HuaiSu’scursivescriptandYanZhenqing’ssimplecursive.ThePaperIthinkthateverybodyherewouldn’tbestrangewithit.PaperisoneofthemostfamousinventioninancientChina,anditcontributedtotheculturalcommunicationgreatly,also,thedevelopmentofhistoryiscloselyconnectedwithit.It’sallegedthatthetimethatpaperwasmadewasabout49BC,byaneunuchnamedCaiLunTheChineseInkSlabLastbutnotleast,I’llshowyoutheChineseinkSlab.Theslab,whichisregardedasthekingofFourTreasures,wasalwaysusedformullingthematerials.ItbecamepopularinHanDynasty,whileinSongDynasty,itwascommonlyusedbyordinarypeople.ConclusionOfcourse,apartfromthesetools,therearestillmanyotherstudytoolsinChinesestudy.Suchaspenholders,brushholders,traysorseals.Ok,Iwon’ttellitdetailed.Ifyouareinterestedinit,youcansurfitonInternet.Thankyou!