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

Dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC ... There were two different styles of writing. Some were written in the regular kai script and others in the official script known as li.

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...