Brush-pen

The scribe had to dip his brush-pen quite often; he could write only five to nine hieroglyphic characters with each dip.

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The use of the brush-pen and lampblack ink as the basic vehicle for committing thoughts to writing can be traced back to remote antiquity in China.

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If, for instance, the shadow seems to take the shape of a Chinese brush-pen, the boy will become a great scholar; if it is shaped like a plough he will remain in the condition of a peasant or farmer.

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