Where did the original pen come from?

The earliest writing brush can be traced back to about two thousand years ago. The source of the brush is generally considered to be Meng Tian in Qin Dynasty, but the bamboo script and ink left on the fragments of Oracle bones unearthed from Kaoyin site are written with the brush. It can be seen that the brush originated before the Shang Dynasty, and Meng Tian was actually an innovator of the brush. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, pens had different names, such as "pen", "jade" and "symbol". It was not until the Qin Dynasty that "books are the same, and cars are on the same track" that various names of pens were called "pens". According to legend, Meng Tian, a general of Qin Dynasty, once took wool to make pens in Shanlian Village, and was regarded as the originator of pen-making locally. It is also said that Meng Tian's wife, Bu Xianglian, is also proficient in pen-making, and is enshrined as the Queen of Pen. By the Han Dynasty, the pen was already exquisite, and Lu Yi was a master at that time. Besides rabbit hair, there are wool, deer hair, raccoon hair and wolf hair. , both soft and hard. At the same time, the texture and decoration of the pen tube are also more abundant. According to official historical records, China's famous Xu Anbi was invented in the Han Dynasty. Although there were no brush objects in the Western Zhou Dynasty and above, some signs of using a brush can be found in prehistoric painted pottery patterns and Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the brush was widely used to write bamboo slips and silk books. The writing brush of the Spring and Autumn Period was found in the tomb of Zeng Houyi in Leigudun, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. It is the earliest pen found so far. Later, the Warring States pens unearthed in Zuojiagongshan, Changsha, Hunan, the Qin pens unearthed in Shuihudi, Yunmeng County, Hubei Province, and Fangmatan, Tianshui City, Gansu Province, as well as the Han pens unearthed in Mawangdui, jiangling county, Gansu Province, Xuanquanjia, Maquanwan in Dunhuang City, and the Western Jin pens unearthed in Wuwei are all precious materials left by ancient times. Since the Yuan Dynasty, the pen-making industry centered on Huzhou has become increasingly prosperous. Chinese brush has entered the second important period of development-the period of lake brush. Among them, Yang Haobi is the most famous, deeply loved by scholars and appreciated by the court. At this time, Huxi Pen is as famous as Xu Anbi, even surpassing Xu Anbi, and has become a famous representative of Chinese painting at home and abroad. Tiger skin, known as "the best in the world", was originally from Shanlian Town, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. In ancient times, Shanlian belonged to Huzhou Prefecture, so the brush produced here was called Hubi, and Shanlian was also called "Pen Capital". At that time, Hubi was called "Four Treasures of the Study" together with Huimo, Duanyan and Xuan Paper, and there appeared such pen-making masters as Feng Yingke, Wu Sheng, Lu Zhen, Shen Xiurong and Pan. At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, Shanlian Lake Pen gradually spread abroad, and Shanlian people opened a number of famous pen shops in various places, such as Gu and He Lianqing in Beijing, Zhou Huchen, Li Dinghe in Shanghai, and Bei Songquan and Lu in Suzhou. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were the heyday of the pen-making industry in China. It goes without saying that it is used by the royal family and the government to make exquisite and gorgeous pens. Even the brush used by the people pays great attention to decoration and beauty. At that time, bamboo, jade, carved lacquer, ivory, porcelain, enamel and other materials were used as pen tubes. In the decoration of the pen tube, everything is done, reaching an unprecedented richness.

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