China: Empire of Living Symbols: Empire of Living Symbols by Cecilia Lindqvist

China: Empire of Living Symbols: Empire of Living Symbols


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ISBN: 9780306816093 | 448 pages | 23 Mb

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China: Empire of Living Symbols: Empire of Living Symbols Cecilia Lindqvist
Publisher: Da Capo Press


The origins of Chinese ideographs were not known until 1899, when a scholar went to an apothecary for some medicine made of “dragon bone.” To his surprise, the bone, which had not yet been ground into powder, contained a number of carved inscriptions. Thus began the exploration of the 3000-year-old sources of the written characters still used in China today. In this unparalleled and deeply researched book, Cecilia Lindqvist tells the story of these characters and shows how their shapes and concepts have permeated all of Chinese thought, architecture, art, and culture. Stone Age dwellers along the Yellow River inscribed images of men, dragons, deer, sun and moon onto bone or pottery long ago. These same pictures live on the the characters used by the Chinese today. Cecilia Lindqvist traces the evolution and enduring history of Chinese characters, providing insight into their culture.

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