The Origin & Early Development of the Chinese Writing System

by William G. Boltz

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The work sketches with extraordinary precision the history of the Chinese writing system from the late Shang (ca. 1200 B.C.) when Chinese characters are first in evidence down to the script's standardization and codification a millennium later in the Ch'in and Han (221 B.C.-A.D. 220). Prof. Boltz takes in part a comparative approach to the origin and early structure and development of Chinese writing, suggesting that in its general principles the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0940490781

ISBN13:9780940490789

Release Date:December 1994

Publisher:American Oriental Society

Length:215 Pages

Weight:1.70 lbs.

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