Social Sciences
8 years ago

Ancient Chinese Seal Characters Standardized, Revolutionizing Language and Culture

Shinjang dashösi ilmiy jurnili
A Comment on the Official Seal Character Quality of "Shuowen Jiezi" (Remarks on the Character Structure)
Zeng Zhao

Paper Summary

The official character system in "Remarks on the Character Structure" was created by Xu Shen to standardize character materials he collected. It is a new system different from previous ones, named seal character.

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