words in chinese culture----response to reading in class

In the article boone written by Elizabeth Hill, she talks about many kinds of literacy, especially the visual literacy such as photograph, writing, speaking and etc. among all the literacies, I want to talk about the writing, the words literacy in my own culture. as we know, chinese words are one of the most difficult language in the wold. I want to say something about the evolution of the chinese language.
when talking about the writing utensils of Chinese characters, people often think of four treasures of the study, that is, brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper first. Among them, paper is the carrier of writing, and brush is the main writing tool. Besides brush and ink, the writing utensils of Chinese characters include graver Jijue( one kind of knife used for engraving on metals and stones),ect.
The origin of Chinese writing can be traced back to ancient China, although we are not certain of the date of its invention. According to some statistics, Chinese writing has at least a history of four thousands years. I t is generally believed that people made records by tying a knot in a rope. This way of recording was replaced by the invention of words by Tsang Chie.
We can not say that there is no word before Tsang Chie. Actually, Tsang only combined the invented words of his predecessors with slight changes. Meanwhile, thereawas still another inventor called Chu Sung.
Nonetheless, the fact the Chinese written was originated in painting is beyond doubt and this is why modern chinese consider writing and paining to have the same origin. And it is match what Elizabrth writes in her essay---writing and paining are the same form of literacy.