Calligraphic art during the Official Script period
 
        The tradition of the Official Script can be traced back to the Warring States. This written system was matured during the Qin and Han dynasties. By the late Western Han , it reached a stage of great prosperity. The Official Script rejected the composing rule of "Six Scripts" for Chinese characters and set up a new foundation for Chinese written system. Inscriptions of stone tablets during the Eastern Han dynasty represented the most outstanding example of the Official Script.
 
 
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