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汉字是世界最古老的文字之一，有6000多年历史。最早的汉字初型可以从原始时期的彩陶器表面的各种花纹、符号中看到其发展的脉络。殷商时期的甲骨文刻在龟甲或兽骨上，是比较成熟的汉字。汉字除实用性外逐渐形成了极有特色的书法艺术。中国书法有篆、隶、行、楷、草等多种书体，历代产生了众多的大书法家。
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Chinese?charactes?are?one?of?the?earliest?written?languages?in?the?world?with?a?history?of?6,000?years.?The?prototype?and?development?of?Chinese?characters?can?be?traced?from?the?inscriptions?on?primitive?painted?pottery.?During?the?Sheng?Dynasty,?the?inscriptions?on?turtle?shells?and?animal?bones?are?similar?to?present?day?Chinese?characters.?Besides?their?practical?use,?Chinese?characters?have?also?gradually?evolved?into?the?art?of?calligraphy.?Chinese?calligraphy?as?a?fine?art?has?many?styles,?such?as?zuanshu?(seal?script),?lishu?(official?or?clerical?script),?xingshu?(running-script),?kaishu?(standard?script),?caoshu?(cursive?script)?and?etc.?There?have?been?an?innumerable?amount?of?master?calligraphers?throughout?the?different?periods?of?Chinese?history.?
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