Thanks. I though I was the only one. I got nice pics of female Chinese models, though. Thanks for that!Lao Kou wrote:It's a 5½ minute schmooze, in Mandarin, about the history of the character 书. It talks you through, and gives visual examples of, the 甲骨文,金文,篆书,隶书,楷书,行书,and 草书 forms of the character. It's aimed at Chinese students, so it wraps up with a rousing discussion of how characters are a treasure of Chinese heritage and how good Chinese people should develop and foster within themselves a deep understanding and appreciation of them.GrandPiano wrote:That link won't open in the browser I'm using. What's the content?Lao Kou wrote:There's this.GrandPiano wrote:书 was most likely derived from the cursive form of 書.Iyionaku wrote:Does anyone know where the simplified character 书 (book) comes from? I can't really see how it may have derived from 書.
Oh, and thanks for the concise explanation of what I missed, Kou.