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* Section 4 Cultural Tokens in Daily Life The Four Treasures of the Study Writing Brush Ink-stick Paper Ink-slab Writing Brush Development: In Spring and Autumn Period, the earliest writing brushes were found; During the Warring States Period, writing brushes were very popular; In Qin Dynasty, Meng Tian, a famous general, used wood as the handle or shaft, deer’s hair as the inner head and goat’s hair as the outer head to make writing brush, with advanced craftsmanship; During the Wei and Jin periods, the famous writing brush was made of brownish rabbit’s hair in Xuancheng, Anhui Province; During the Tang Dynasty, it had a long and therefore soft head; Beginning from the Yuan Dynasty, it was made of goat’s hair, hare;s hair or yellow weasel’s hair in Huzhou, Zhengjiang Province;( sharp, neat, round, tough.) Head: rabbit’s hair, goat’s hair, horse’s hair, deer’s hair, wolf’s hair, fox’s hair, pig’s hair, goose feather, beard, fetal hair, couchgrass; Handle: water bamboo, spotted bamboo, narra, sandalwood, nanmu, ivory, lacquer, rhinoceros horn, hawksbill, jade, crystal, glass, gold, silver, porcelain, etc. Ink-Stick Types of ink-stick: pine-soot ink: pitch dark, but lack luster; lampblack ink: fine, smooth texture, hard and shining. Ink-Stick 2.Development: Traces of ink can be found in Shang and Zhou dynasties; During the Han Dynasty, artificial (pine-soot) was made; the standard ink mould; During the Three Kingdoms, Wei Dan, a general of Wei, was good at making ink, which is not only exquisite, but also of high quality; During the Tang Dynasty, huimo became more and more popular in Huizhou, Anhui Province; During the Song Dynasty, lampblack ink was made on the basis of pine-soot ink; In Ming and Qing dynasties, the ink-making industry was fairly developed, Shape: square, rectangular, round oval, irregular. Outward appearance: natural color, lacquer-coated, golden, lacquer-trimmed. Paper (one of the four great inventions in ancient China) Development: