Who invented the writing brush? What kinds of brushes are commonly used in Chinese painting?

1, the writing brush was invented by Meng Tian. Legend has it that at the end of the Warring States period, when Meng Tian, a general of the State of Qin, was guarding the north, he saw the Xiongnu painting with dyed animal hair. Because of the urgency ahead, he changed to learn from Xiongnu to write military information on silk shafts with animal hair dyed with pigments, and since then, the brush has spread.

2. According to the types of bristles, it can be divided into: soft hair, hard hair, double-stranded brush and so on.

3. According to the size, the brush can be simply divided into: lower case, middle case and upper case;

4. In freehand brushwork, the commonly used brushes are fetal brush, wolf hair brush (the nib is made of weasel hair), purple hair brush (also called rabbit shoulder purple hair brush), pig hair brush (also called bristle brush), sheep hair brush and double hair brush, among which purple hair brush, sheep hair brush and wolf hair brush are the best.

5. In meticulous painting, generally choose a pen as thin and sharp as wolf hair. Commonly used pens include clothing pattern pen, Ye Jin pen, scarlet hair, scarlet hair, crab claw, wolf's paw, purple paw, etc.