Chapter Ⅰ Wei Stone Inscriptions 1
1．Origin and Development 1
2．Evolution from Official to Regular Script 2
3．Different Styles 3
4．Natural Wit and Humour 4
Chapter Ⅱ Techniques of Writing 5
1．Sitting Position 5
2．Standing Position 6
3．Holding the Brush 7
4．Movement of the Brush 8
Chapter Ⅲ Strokes 9
1．Basic Strokes 9
2．Complex Strokes 10
3．Eight Sick Strokes 11
4．The Way to Write the Character永 12
5．Changes of Strokes 13
6．Order of Strokes 17
Chapter Ⅳ Radicals 21
1．Character's Head 21
2．Character's Bottom 27
3．Left Component 32
4．Right Component 38
5．Character's Frame 41
6．Changes 43
Chapter Ⅴ Structure 66
1．Structural Forms 66
2．Structural Proportion 70
3．The Laws of the Structure 75
4．The Layout of the Structure 82
5．Outline of the Structure 89
6．Changes in the Structure 93
Chapter Ⅵ Tracing and Copying 114
1．Four-square Frame 115
2．Diagonal-marked Frame 119
3．Nine-square Frame 123
4．Two-square Frame 127
Chapter Ⅶ The Art of Composition 131
1．Various Forms of Scrolls 132
2．Text 134
3．Inscriptions 136
4．Seals 138
Chapter Ⅷ Creation 140
1．Making a Plan Before Writing 141
2．The First Character Leads the Whole Text 143
3．A Coherent Whole 145
4．A Poetic Conception 147
Chapter Ⅸ Appreciation 149