Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

"This difference provides an excellent example for studying how the 'Shutongwen' policy was implemented during the Qin Dynasty," said Cheng. "Shutongwen," or "Writing the Same Script," was a ...

During the Qin dynasty (221-207BC), these confusing characters ... Consider: What is the difference between logographic and phonographic writing? In logographic writing, a character represents ...

1600BC-1046BC). In the beginning, the characters engraved on seals were the same as those used in writing, such as the script of the Qin Dynasty (221BC-207BC). However, as Chinese writing became ...

Among other accomplishments, the emperor standardized weights and measures and introduced a uniform writing script ... descended into civil war. The Qin dynasty outlived Qin Shi Huang by only ...

If Chinese writing is subject to similar pressures ... Tradition holds that a Qin dynasty emperor ordered his minister to simplify the script even further by reducing the total number of strokes ...

The state of Qin, based in the Sichuan plains ... The emperor ordered Chinese writing made uniform, such that all words with the same meaning in the country’s varied languages would be ...