China: Empire of Living Symbols by Cecilia Lindqvist

China: Empire of Living Symbols

Cecilia Lindqvist

448 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history reference funny informative slow-paced
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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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