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China: Empire of Living Symbols Book

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. This book tells the story of these origins and offers introduction to Chinese language and culture.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    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...

  • Foyles

    A fascinating and stunningly beautiful introduction to Chinese language and culture

  • Pickabook

    Cecilia Lindqvist, Joan Tate (Trans)

  • 0306816091
  • 9780306816093
  • Cecilia Lindqvist
  • 6 May 2008
  • Da Capo Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 448
  • Reprint
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