Chinese writing systemReadingMar. 31.ppt

Writing systems II Chinese writing system Reading Mar. 31 Origins of Chinese characters Legend has it that Cangjie, a historian-official who lived in the time of Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor), created Chinese characters at the inspiration of such natural objects as the sun, the moon, the stars, and footprints of animals and birds. Historical records and archeological finds reveal that Cangjie might, in fact, have been the first person to study and index the Chinese characters. Secrets discovered in Medicine In 1899, Chinese scholar Wang Yirong discovered from “dragon bones” - an ingredi