CURIOSA SCRIPTORUM

.DOC~D: 3741225Cryptologic Quarterly, 2009-01UNCLASSIFIED(U) Curiosa Scriptorum Sericorum:To Write But Not to CommunicateRobert H. Shaw['/'/tis Ol't-iclc was Ol"iginally published in the Summer 1971 issue ofNSA Technical .Journal.](U) The Chinese-Japanese script has been avail-able for purposes of concealment and duplicity forabout 2,100 years and has in fact been so used ina number of times and places and circumstances.This article traces the development of Chinese cal-ligraphy, discusses Chine...