Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters. Their widespread adoption during the 20th cent
Excerpt of initial 1935 simplifications promulgated by the Republic of China Ministry of Education in 1935, later retracted in 1936
The slogan 战无不胜的毛泽东思想万岁! ('Long live the invincible Mao Zedong Thought!') written using simplified characters on Xinhua Gate in Beijing
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Chinese is an umbrella term for all Sinitic languages, widely recognized as a collection of language varieties, spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in Gr
Ji gui inscription, a bronze vessel inscription from the Western Zhou period, representing an early form of written Chinese.
The Tripitaka Koreana, a Korean collection of the Chinese Buddhist canon
"Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion" by Wang Xizhi, written in semi-cursive style
Calligraphy by Emperor Huizong of Song (12th century), written in the Slender Gold Style (瘦金体). It reflects the developed tradition of calligraphy as a literary and aesthetic art in Chinese language.