Early Chinese Writing

In this book, first published in 1906, Frank Herring Chalfant provides a comprehensive overview of the history and development of writing in China, from the earliest pictograms and ideograms, to the development of the seal script and clerical script. Chalfant examines in detail the evolution of Chinese writing, its aesthetics, and its relation to culture and society.

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