1、The Art of Calligraphy,Calligraphy kligrfi 書法,The history of Calligraphy,. Historically, Chinese calligraphy and politics were closely intertwined. Over 2,000 years ago, Emperor Qin Shihuang, the first Emperor in Chinese history, establishedistblit（已建立） the official Chinese writing characters.,Some

2、critics suggest that different genres of Chinese calligraphy have different political implications.,Ive heard that most emperors（皇帝） were good at calligraphy. The Tang Dynasty Emperor Li Shimin was an avid . vid熱心的collector of Wang Xi zhis writings.,Thats right. Qing Dynasty Emperor Qian Long played

3、 a key role in compiling an authoritative （有權威的）collection of calligraphy. To some extent（程度） preferences of the Emperors had an influence on the rise and fall of certain calligraphy genres.,The genres of Calligraphy,There are five genres in Chinese calligraphy. These were the Zhuan, Li, Kai, Xing a

4、nd Cao genres,genrer派別,Ordinary Chinese people also seemed to like calligraphy a lot .,Someone will ask does calligraphy still have these practical functions now?,sponsorship spnsip 發(fā)起 贊助 the Imperial Civil Service examinations 科舉考試 accomplishment 素質(zhì) stimulated stimjuleit 起刺激作用,I had thought computers would lead to the disappearance of Chinese calligraphy. Now I understand thats not likely