Wang Xizhi and the Art of the Brush
No original brushstroke by Wang Xizhi survives. Not one. Everything known to the world as his handwriting, from the most famous rubbing in the…
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Jin Dynasty
From Jurchen Tribes to Manchu Emperors
In November 1635, the ruler of a rising state in what is now north-east China issued an order about a name. His people had…
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