Brush-refers to writing with a brush according to traditional statutes, rather than writing casually with a brush. Calligraphy is a line modeling art. The so-called brushwork mainly talks about how to shape ideal lines (stippling).
As a writing tool, the brush has a very long history. As early as Neolithic painted pottery, there were traces of brush. Although it was not before the Western Zhou Dynasty
We can look at objects with a brush, but some traces of using a brush can be found in prehistoric painted pottery patterns and Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the brush was widely used to write bamboo slips and silk books. This shows that the brush originated before Shang Dynasty. The earliest writing brush can be traced back to about two thousand years ago. A writing brush from the Spring and Autumn Period was found in the tomb of Zeng Houyi in Leigudun, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. It is the earliest pen found at present, and it is a precious material left over from ancient times. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, pens had different names, such as "pen", "jade" and "symbol". It was not until the Qin Dynasty that "books are the same, and cars are on the same track" that various names of pens were called "pens". According to legend, Meng Tian, a general of Qin Dynasty, once took wool to make pens in Shanlian Village, and was regarded as the originator of pen-making locally. It is also said that Meng Tian's wife, Bu Xianglian, is also proficient in pen-making, and is enshrined as the Queen of Pen. By the Han Dynasty, the pen was already exquisite, and Lu Yi was a master at that time. Besides rabbit hair, there are wool, deer hair, raccoon hair and wolf hair. , both soft and hard. At the same time, the texture and decoration of the pen tube are also more abundant. According to official historical records, China's famous Xu Anbi was invented in the Han Dynasty.