ABSTRACT
This unusual and interesting book is a fascinating account of the world of Chinese writing. It examines Chinese space and the political and social use of writing as propaganda, a publicity booster and as a ladder for social climbing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|24 pages
Becoming a person through wen
chapter 3|24 pages
Handwriting and personhood
chapter 4|26 pages
Body-person engineering through ink and brush
Brush techniques and calligraphic composition
