Table of Contents

Acknowledgements  Introduction: The Abode of Calligraphic Inscriptions  1. Dances with Power: Public Calligraphy and its Social Effects  2. Becoming a Person Through Wen  3. Handwriting and Personhood  4. Body-Person Engineering: Brush Techniques and Calligraphic Composition  5. Brush Work: Alternative Bodybuilding  6. Ideograms and Knowledge  7. Characters Reloaded  Bibliography  Glossary