汉字的发展英文介绍ChinesecharacterPPT课件

1、The origin of Chinese charactersAccording to legend, a man called Cang Jie （仓颉仓颉） had four eyes and he used his own eyes, observed all directions. And he invented a symbolic system called Zi Chinese characters.（子汉汉字）There are also some logographs found on potteries and cast in bronzes in Zhou times,

2、 known as the Bronze script.第第1页页/共共11页页the development of Chinese charactersthe Oracle bone script 甲骨文甲骨文Dazhuan大篆大篆li shu(隶书）隶书）Regular script 楷书楷书Cursive script Cursive script 草书草书Chinese characters improve themselves constantly to adapt to the changing times. At the same time, it has made tremen

3、dous（极大的）（极大的） contributions to Chinese culture第第2页页/共共11页页Lets look back on the development of Chinese characters. The oldest Chinese inscriptions are the Oracle bone script 甲骨文甲骨文(BC.14-11). Perhaps only about half of known Oracle Bone logographs can be identified with later Chinese characters and

4、 therefore easily read.However, it should be noted that these 1,400 logographs include most of the commonly used ones.（常用）（常用）第第3页页/共共11页页The Script can also be called as “Script of Qin”, which derived from “Dazhuan（大篆）（大篆）”. At the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, The First Emperor contended the idea

5、that the written script should be standardized in form because the character forms were different from area to area in Zhou times. It was said that Li Si（李斯）（李斯）compiled and The Script emerged finally.第第4页页/共共11页页In order to make writing more time-saving, he invented a new form which was appreciated

6、 by The First Emperor.It is li shu(隶书）隶书）The formation of the Official script is an important turning-point in history because it lays a foundation for the squatter shape of Chinese characters.第第5页页/共共11页页Its said that the Regular script （楷书（楷书）emerged in the Later Han period. It is a kind of more b

7、eautiful and simpler form and could set an good example for writing. So it is called “Kaishu” in Chinese because “Kai” means good examples.In addition, famous calligraphers such as Yan Zhenqing（颜真卿）（颜真卿） and Liu Gongquan（柳公权）（柳公权） left quantities of masterpieces for us. The development of Chinese ch

8、aracters grew into a higher level. Regular script（楷书）第第6页页/共共11页页It became popular in the Jin Dynasty （晋朝（晋朝）as we know the famous calligraphers such as Wang Xizhi（王羲之）王羲之）, Wang Xianzhi（王献之）（王献之） and the like.Regular script（楷书）第第7页页/共共11页页Cursive script Cursive script 草书草书 Maybe the Cursive script

9、emerged Maybe the Cursive script emerged at the end of the Later Han period. at the end of the Later Han period. The strokes are vivid and continuous. The strokes are vivid and continuous. For writing of the Regular script was For writing of the Regular script was not time-saving enough and the not

10、time-saving enough and the Running script was hard to recognize, Running script was hard to recognize, people invented this new formpeople invented this new form. 第第8页页/共共11页页 With Chinese characters, and cultural heritage from generation to generation can, and increasingly deep accumulation; with H

11、an Yu, Chinese culture before they can fully develop, expand opening in many areas; with Chinese characters and Chinese culture can be spread to distant places . Chinese culture was developed. One important reason is that with Chinese characters. Therefore Chinese culture is the core. Han culture is the root cause of spread far and wide, is the formation of the Chinese cultural circle of the media tools. Chinese characters has a