The golden age of ink making By a stroke of good fortune, in 1975, one year after Chen had established his Ta-yu Ink Factory, the Ministry of Education added the study of calligraphy to the standard educational curriculum. With all of the nation's primary-school students now grinding ink to practice calligraphy, the hand-made inks that had previously only been purchased by painters and calligraphers became a must-have item for schoolchildren.
製墨黃金期說來幸運，大有製墨廠開張第二年，一九七五年，教育部將學習書法納入國民教育標準課程，全國中小學學生開始磨墨、練習書法，原本只供應書畫界小眾市場的手工墨條，一下子成了全國學生的必備文具。