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The ancients wrote Chinese characters from top to bottom and from right to left, which was mainly related to ancient writing tools. When writing Chinese characters in ancient times, they were usually written on bamboo and wood. Bamboo and wood are narrow strips. This kind of bamboo slips can only be written from top to bottom, which is more convenient. Written bamboo slips are usually connected in series with ropes and then rolled into books. In order to open it conveniently, it is usually unfolded from the left hand, and the right hand is the content on the bamboo slips, so the writing of men becomes from top to bottom and from right to left.

From the analysis of the characteristics of Chinese characters and people's physiological habits, we basically write with our right hand and hold pamphlets with our left hand. The strokes of Chinese characters are basically up-down structure or left-right structure, that is, when we write Chinese characters, we should write them from top to bottom and from left to right. Imagine if we write words from right to left, then when we write the right half, when we write the left half, the right half will be blocked by our hands, so it is not convenient for us to see the already written half, and the beauty of the written words will be much worse.

In addition, the writing of Chinese characters from top to bottom, from right to left, also embodies an ancient idea. In ancient times, the upper level represented the king, the lower level represented the courtiers and civilians, some represented the big, and the left side represented the small. The writing of Chinese characters completely exposed the thoughts of the ancients. In ancient times, without papermaking technology, books could only be written on bamboo pieces. When writing, first write bamboo pieces, and then connect these written bamboo pieces with ropes and bind them into a book. For the convenience of reading in the future, rolled bamboo slips are usually unfolded with the left hand and then read with the right hand.

In ancient times, Chinese characters were basically written from top to bottom and from right to left, and only horizontal couplets were written horizontally. It can be seen from the writing of Chinese characters that the wisdom of the ancients and the habit of exploring things are changing.