1. Chinese characters originated from pictographs, and in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, they still retained the functions of pictographs and pictures; The Qin dynasty changed the seal script and the Han dynasty changed the official script, which is very similar to the current traditional Chinese characters. After the founding of New China, simplified Chinese was used. At present, besides Chinese mainland, Singaporeans and Malaysians use Simplified Chinese. Traditional Chinese is widely used by overseas Chinese in Hongkong, Macau, Taiwan Province Province and Europe and America.
2. Before19th century in Japan and Korea, the official characters were always Chinese characters, and historical records and written records were also Chinese characters.
3. Representative calligraphers are: Wang Xizhi, Liu Gongquan, Ou Yangxun, Yan Zhenqing, Zhang Xu, Song Huizong Evonne, Cai Jing, Su Dongpo,