EARLY CHINA SPECIAL MONOGRAPH SERIES NO. 4 Chinese Writing, KFBME ‘ransated by Gilbert 1. Mattos and Jerry Norman ‘THE SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EARLY CHINA ‘THE INSTITUTE OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY 200opi © 9b The Soo ore Sly Ey Chinn "Wns ye ed (Wenn Ch en iin cattle mesa Contents ‘The Development of Writing 11 Definion of Weng 1 12 The Proble Development of Weng 2 123 Semantogaphs 3 122 Sips 3 123 Lomgraphs 5 12.8 Phonoqrans 7 125 Teta Development of Whig Systems 10 “The Nature of Chinese Characters 21 Two Levels ofSymbols 13 222 The Nature ofthe Chinese Whting Sistem Viewed from the Standpoint the Semantic and Prone tunchane ek raph yes NS 224 Semante Symbols 15 222 Ponce Syms 16 223 Signe 18 29 The Nature of the Chinese Waiting System Viewed From the Sandpoint of the Levels of he Strela Sytem the Language as Manifested by is Graphic Symbols 22 124 The Characters f the Formal Aspects of Chine Characters 26 1B‘The Origin and Development of Chinese Script 29 1.1 Concering the Origin of Chinese Script 29 32 The Main Changesin the Development of Chinese Characters 4 ‘The Evolution of the Shapes and Styles of Chinese Characters (Part 1} ‘The Ancient Stage of Chinese Script 59 411 Shang Period Spt 42 Thescrptol the Western Zhow and Spang Autume ero 68 43 SeStates Script 78 44 TheQinsystem of Witing 69 415 The Formation ofthe Clea Script 103, ‘The Evolution of the Shapes and Styles ‘of Chinese Characters (Part 2): The Clerical and Standard Script Stage of Chinese Seript 113. 51 Source Materials forthe Study of The Cle and Sandan Seip Stage 113 2 The Development of Han Time Clerc Script 118 53 The Wansfonation ofthe Graphic Shapes ofthe Sal Scrip Forms into Clerc Sept Fre 136 The Cursive Srp of Han Tame 120 55 Neo-Cleral Script and Early Mero SemiCursive Spt 38 ‘6 The Formation an Development of Standard Seip andthe Evaltion ofthe Cursive and Semicusive Serpe 1 ‘The Classification of Chinese Characters 151 661 The ShPrincpls Theory of Chinese Script 151 62 The Tee Princpes Theory of Cine Seip 163 (63 Characters which Fall Outside the Scope ofthe ‘Thre incipes 16h Semantographs 173 7.1 ChsiiationofSemantographs 12 DA abstract Graphs 173 7212 Peo Graphs 175 7213 Dec Graphs 183 FH.4 Gasp Graphs 185 F115 Sysemantoyaphs 185 F316 alered raphe 204 72: The Role of Graphic Form inthe Stuy of Meaning, 208 Phonograms ma [AL The Waysin eich the Phonoyrams were Created 22 {8111 The Addsion ofa Phonetic wa Semantoraph 221 {812 The Alleration of Part of aSemarograph no Phonetic Component 223 1612 Th Adon os Phenct Componest to aay Essting Character "225 (8:14 Replacement of the Comporens of aPhonogram 228 {82 Muliple Phonetic and SemantieComponents 29 8.2.1 Multiple Poetics 229 3.2 Multiple Semantic Components 230, 82 Abbreviated Phoneties and Signifcs| 234 1531 Abbevaed Phonetic 234 1.32 Abbreviated Sigifes | 239 {84 The Mstion of Signiesand Phonetic 242 {85 TheSemantc Function of Signs 24 1454 The Reltionsip ofthe Signe Graphic Meaning 244 185.2 Te nerhange of Sigs 245 86 The Phonetic Function of Phonetics 217 5.61 Phonetics and the Ponurciaton of Graphs 247 1.62 Reasons or the Discrepancy inte ronnectons tetweun Phogrars anther Phoned 248, 1463 Imerchangeot Ponetics 252 {8.64 Delonmation of Phones 253 187 The Relationship between Phonebes and Graphic Meaning 25 1871 Phonetics that Coney Meaning 255 172 Thevouen Tewy 257