The course gives a concise survey of the Chinese character-writing tradition. You’ll master the fundamentals of the Chinese writing aesthetics; learn about the main phases of the characters’ evolution and about the great calligraphers of the past. You are going to distinguish 6 types of the Chinese written symbols, become skilled in history of Chinese scripts and possibility of their modern usage. You’ll get the explanation of the 214 Chinese character radicals (the first part in Part 1 of the Course, the second — in Part 2) and can practice their writing, using the animated and static samples given in videos and on pages. Elaborate tests are going to help you regularizing the new information and filling the lacunae. Welcome to the mysterious world of the Chinese characters! You will definitely love it!
Fundamentals of the Chinese character writing (Part 1)
Offered By
Saint Petersburg State University
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week
12 hours to complete
INTRODUCTION
8 videos (Total 55 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
8 videos
Greeting1m
Introduction10m
Tools for classes6m
Contemporary standard of character-writing10m
Traditional and simplified characters4m
Stroke order is very important1m
Basic graphic elements and radicals 1, 2, 3 and 713m
Basic graphic elements and radicals 4, 66m
2 readings
Samples to practice40m
Bibliography10m
1 practice exercise
Test20m
Week
23 hours to complete
EARLY STAGES OF THE HISTORY OF THE CHINESE WRITING
7 videos (Total 36 min), 3 readings, 1 quiz
7 videos
Basic Graphic Elements5m
Radicals 24, 51, 32, 33, 48, 962m
History of Character writing9m
Radicals 8, 27, 53, 104, 44, 63, 59, 601m
History of Character-writing and Radicals 41, 64, 82, 92, 144, 118, 158, 169, 1915m
Radicals 41, 64, 82, 92, 144, 118, 158, 169, 1913m
3 readings
Samples to practice30m
Samples to practice30m
Samples30m
1 practice exercise
Test30m
Week
32 hours to complete
HISTORY OF CHARACTER-WRITING AND PRINCIPLES OF CALLIGRAPHY
4 videos (Total 27 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
4 videos
Radicals 13, 30, 31, 72, 73, 109, 102, 112, 25, 772m
Famous calligrapher Ouyang Xun9m
Radicals 9, 37, 11, 12, 88, 89, 122, 106, 1323m
2 readings
Samples40m
Samples40m
1 practice exercise
Test40m
Week
42 hours to complete
CHARACTER-WRITING IN TANG DYNASTY
4 videos (Total 29 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
4 videos
Radicals 17, 45, 46, 121, 140, 80, 211, 47, 383m
Famous calligrapher Yan Zhenqing12m
Radicals 15, 85, 75, 115, 119, 127, 165, 199, 200, 2023m
2 readings
Samples40m
Samples40m
1 practice exercise
Test40m
Week
52 hours to complete
CHARACTER-WRITING IN TANG AND SONG DYNASTIES
4 videos (Total 25 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
4 videos
Radicals 14, 40, 116, 76, 107, 110, 20, 36, 78, 1362m
Famous calligrapher Huang Tingjian9m
Radicals 29, 34, 35, 65, 66, 67, 79, 105, 2073m
2 readings
Samples40m
Samples40m
1 practice exercise
Test40m
Week
62 hours to complete
CHARACTER-WRITING IN SONG DYNASY
4 videos (Total 29 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
4 videos
Radicals 103, 156, 157, 26, 163, 170, 39, 54, 1624m
Famous calligrapher Zhao Mengfu11m
Radicals 70, 94, 111, 86, 5, 10, 16, 43, 712m
2 readings
Samples40m
Samples40m
1 practice exercise
Test40m
Instructors
Storozhuk Alexander
Department of Chinese Philology
Власова Наталья Николаевна
старший преподаватель кафедры китайской филологии
Somkina Nadezhda
Department of Chinese Philology
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