Editing Shorthand (section)

=== Imperial China ===
{{See also|Cursive script (East Asia)}}
[[File:Treatise On Calligraphy.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Sun Guoting]]'s ''Treatise on Calligraphy'', an example of cursive writing of Chinese characters]]
In imperial [[China]], clerks used an abbreviated, highly cursive form of [[Chinese character]]s to record court proceedings and criminal confessions. These records were used to create more formal transcripts. One cornerstone of imperial court proceedings was that all confessions had to be acknowledged by the accused's signature, personal seal, or thumbprint, requiring fast writing.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Versions of this technique survived in [[Clerical worker|clerical]] professions into the modern day and, influenced by Western shorthand methods, some new methods were invented.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.163.com/su_yi168/blog/static/25354182200762410439112/?hasChannelAdminPriv=true|title=(原创)漢語速記的發展及三個高潮的出現 - 阿原的日志 - 网易博客|author=su_yi168,阿原|work=163.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185536/http://blog.163.com/su_yi168/blog/static/25354182200762410439112/?hasChannelAdminPriv=true|archive-date=2016-03-04}}</ref><ref>[http://www.59146.com/sujichangshi/2006/6/2006060511315637175.html 中国速记的发展简史]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112112454/http://www.59146.com/sujichangshi/2006/6/2006060511315637175.html |date=2009-11-12 }}</ref><ref>[http://suji.net.cn/news/jctj/jctj/2006810183842.htm 迎接中国速记110年(颜廷超)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228161417/http://suji.net.cn/news/jctj/jctj/2006810183842.htm |date=December 28, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.sina.com.cn/suji123|title=教授弋乂_新浪博客|work=sina.com.cn|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20160208205300/http://blog.sina.com.cn/suji123|archive-date=2016-02-08}}</ref>