In short, the written language of China is uniform despite China's actual language diversity and the mutual unintelligibility of the several Chinese languages. The earliest origin of this writing ...

A scholar who is prescribed "dragon bones" to cure an illness realizes that the bones-which are actually turtle shells-contain ancient Chinese writing used to send messages to the gods. The fantastic ...

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

In the 1200s, a Chinese official described Alexandria and its lighthouse in remarkable detail given the vast distance.

It is engraved with calligraphy in the clerical script. The piece is a rare find since, at the time it was created, ancient Chinese writing was gradually changing from the standard script ...