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448 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780306816093
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Publication date: 06 May 2008
Description
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 inscripti...
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448 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780306816093
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Publication date: 06 May 2008
Description
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 inscripti...