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ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 N4626 Title: Comments on N4561 (Nushu Ad-Hoc Meeting Report in WG2#62) Source: Orie Endo (English translation by suzuki toshiya) Date: 2014/09/19 Status: Expert Contribution Action: Discussion in Nushu Ad-Hoc Meeting Dear all ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 members, I pay my highest respect to all members discussing about the Nushu as a part of ISO/IEC 10646. In the past, I had a few concerns on Zhao Liming’s description about the history of Nushu, and submitted 2 documents that explained my concerns. In this submission, I express my concern regarding a comment in Nushu Ad Hoc meeting report from WG2 #62 (N4561). As a result, I request an official response from Zhao about it. The rationale for this clarification is to question a comment in the WG2 Nushu Ad Hoc report, and to correct errors in the proposal itself regarding the history of Nushu. Without correction, such errors could lead to further inaccuracies, as others may refer to these documents. The issue concerns the coin shown on p. 23 of the Nushu proposal from China, WG2 N3463 (submitted on June, 2008). Errors in Nushu proposal The picture of the coin is described in N3463 as Till now, the earliest mention we found is the grade coin in the period of Taipingtianguo in 1850s, which has been identified by the experts in Palace. (Note: The same text appears on page 71 in the updated proposal N4341, dated September 2012). In WG2 N3705 (submitted on September, 2009), I asked who “the experts in Palace” are. To my question, a quick response was given in WG2 N3719; “Expert in palace” in WG2 N3598 should be “expert in Nanjing Museum”. Mr. Zhang Tiebao (张铁宝), a Taiping Tianguo history researcher, confirmed to the author of WG2 N3598 in 1998 that the coin was conform to the Taping Tianguo money system. This response includes several errors; 1. The response wrote that the expert in the palace points to Zhang Tiebao in the Nanjing museum. However,