At present, there are many versions of China's calligraphy history used in universities. I recommend Wang Yong's calligraphy history, which I learned when I was a law undergraduate. If you are a liberal arts student, you should be able to teach yourself the history of calligraphy. After all, it's history.
In a word, it should be the most critical to learn history to make the past serve the present, to be practical, to improve the macro understanding of history and to find out the development context of the school.
It's simple. Look at your memory.