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| Dynasty | Period Covered | Scripts Development |
| Three Kings & Five Emperors | c. 2700 - 2200 B.C. | The earliest characters created by Cang Jie |
| Xia | c. 2200 - 1600 B.C. | |
| Shang | 1600 - 1066 B.C. | Oracle Bone Script on animal shells |
| Zhou | < | Zhou Script developed by Shi Zhou used on stone inscription |
| - Western Zhou | 1066 B.C. - 771 B.C. | Ancient Clerical Script on bronze vessels and stones |
| - Eastern Zhou | < | |
| = Spring-Autumn | c. 800 - 300 B.C. | Beginning use of bamboo / wood slabs to write |
| = Warring-States | 770 - 221 B.C. | |
| Qin | 221 - 206 B.C. | Seal Script developed by Li Si &
Ancient Clerical Script developed by Cheng Miao |
| Han | < | |
| - Western Han | 206 B.C. - 8 A.D. | Ancient Clerical Script became popular & Cursive Clerical Scripts on silk and bamboo / wood slabs |
| - Sin Mang | 8 - 25 A.D. | |
| - Eastern Han | 25 - 220 A.D. | Clerical Script became popular &
Beginning of Text, Running & Cursive Scripts |
| The 3 Kingdoms | < | |
| - Wei | 220 - 265 A.D. | |
| - Shu | 221 - 263 A.D. | |
| - Wu | 222 - 280 A.D. | |
| Western Jin | 265 - 316 A.D. | |
| Eastern Jin (at South) | 317 - 420 A.D. | Running & Cursive Scripts became mature and popular |
| Five Wu & Sixteen Kingdoms (at North) | 304 - 420 A.D. | |
| The Southern Dynasty (at South) | < | Writing on paper became prevalent |
| - Song | 420 - 479 A.D. | |
| - Qi | 479 - 502 A.D. | |
| - Liang | 502 - 557 A.D. | |
| - Chen | 557 - 589 A.D. | |
| The Northern Dynasty (at North) | < | |
| - Northern Wei | 386 - 534 A.D. | Text Script on stone monuments |
| - Eastern Wei | 534 - 550 A.D. | |
| - Western Wei | 535 - 556 A.D. | |
| - Northern Qi | 550 - 581 A.D. | |
| - Northern Zhou | 556 - 581 A.D. | |
| Sui | 581 - 618 A.D. | |
| Tang | 618 - 907 A.D. | The Tang Dynasty Text Script style became smooth & elegant
different from the Text Script of previous periods also the Beginning of Delirious Cursive Script |
| Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms | 907 - 960 A.D. | |
| Song | < | All scripts were being adopted as an art development |
| - Northern Song | 960 - 1127 A.D. | |
| - Southern Song | 1127 - 1279 A.D. | |
| Yuan | 1279 - 1368 A.D. | |
| Ming | 1368 - 1644 A.D. | |
| Qing | 1644 - 1912 A.D. | |
| Republic of China | 1912 - present | |
| - People's Republic of China | 1949 - | |