Stories Told by Chinese Pictograms

About the Book

Behind each picture there is a story to be told. In the current book the author intends to tell the story which each Chinese pictogram conveys.The very first form of Chinese written word is the oracle bone inscription, which are words carved on turtle shells or animal bones used in divination ceremony by ancient Chinese. The author will tell the stories based these inscriptions in a simple, non-intimidating fashion, easily acceptable and conprehensible to the general English speaking public. The Chinese words included in this book some of them are chosen for their relationship to each other to illustrate how the individual word are formed and how several words can put together to form a new word. All the words in this book are chosen for their connection to peoples' daily lives. Where it is available pictures of artifacts discovered from archialogical excavations or modern photography are used to illustrate how closely the words (pictures) depict the actual objects or events they intend to express.

About the Author

The author was born in China and trained in the United State as a Biochemiist Ph.D. He had an intense interest in ancient Chinese written words, the oracle bone inscription, since high school. In the last fifteen years he devoted full time to it's study. As a results he brings in a different perspective on the subject from that of professional historian or linguist..He has given lectures on oracle bone inscription in Minneapolis and Rochester Minnesota communities in an effort to introduce Chinese history, culture and her pictographic written language to general American English speaking public.