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Show 1 OL PAPERMAKIN IN CHIN AN JAPA b e st e P e e (Materia Medica), from the Ming age (368164.4),says: e times stylus to make books. Thisis probably the reason the character bambo found in such abundant usein densting thingsclosely allied with eritin ooks s e ommemchamctersefabxblmgmphxcalnamreemhcdvm (he bambuo racical may be cited the symbolor word, pien ff meaning ‘lear apage asection, orachapter fabcok The chiefroot of f§ are 4, ch and o hu. Lateranother symbol was used tosignify chapter, the Laml:o e appea e this device came into use Chinese books wer madefromamateralsuscpt sbieotbeingrlled,iesilkorpape. This o ahce R T tracicals [ a Tib e e mmc}.amzmw},.chcomamherad.c; bamboo {5, andhaveb:bhograph:ca]meamngs I thesymbol & cyien 2 warrant Thecha acter%lscomposedofiheba e er % (cha), composed of the bamboo radical and J] (tao), the meaningis d1plorna mwn(eou( oradespatch. Theszc}xamctersusmg(l-ebambuorad: and originated, of course, through the use of bamboo asa substanceupo which eventswere recorded, long before the inventio of paper. Then ther isthe charac(er%(hu)meamngan ivory, wood,or bamboo tablet, nearl The characteris composed of the x,ambomd.calandfj(pae We bavealsothe characte {f (ch'ieh) composed of the bamboo radicalan I (ang), meaniga chst for holding books and wmmgs, alsoa portfolio nent part, we have 4§ (chien) which designates note-paper, a document manuseript T he bbreviated formof the oot bamboo il C thi Hexetoo, wlll be seen the bambne mdxcal used in ccnnzcimn with lhe ab records is (cki), composed of the significant bamboo radical andradmal Anotherinstance s the symbol f chien), with the bambooradicaland 4k we have the device 4§ (chtien), denotinga lipon which namesor charac inscribed ica Digitalimage© 2004 Marritt Library, University of Utah. All ights reserved |