Chinese writing has a history of some three thousand five hundred years. It is not as old as Sumerian or Egyptian writing; there is no certain evidence, however, that the invention of writing in China ...

In Chinese calligraphy, the white space (空白 kōng bái) is as important as the ink. It reflects the Daoist concept of emptiness ...

We can't call it writing until we have more evidence." Shaman rituals. He noted that there were indications the Neolithic culture at Jiahu may not have been complex enough to require a writing system.