And this inscription tells us that this particular bowl was made for a Zhou warrior, one of the invaders who overthrew the Shang Dynasty. At this date, any formal writing is prestigious ...

Zhou’s writing system, formally known as Hanyu Pinyin ... Zhou was raised in a China where the Qing Dynasty still ruled, women bound their feet and men wore their hair in long braids.

But Zhou made important contributions to the Hanyu Pinyin writing system ... example of Pinyin can be traced back to the Tang-Song dynasty. As early as 1,000 years ago, people created a phonetic ...

And this inscription tells us that this particular bowl was made for a Zhou warrior, one of the invaders who overthrew the Shang Dynasty. At this date, any formal writing is prestigious ...