When did the use of Chinese characters begin?

"Yi Zhou Shu Taste Wheat Solution" unearthed from the tomb of King Wei Anli in the Warring States Period said: "When [this] was the second place, it was a simple hall, which divided Chi Di into two parts. Chiyou lives in all directions ... "Isn't this a verbal agreement? It won't be the blood alliance that prevailed in the Spring and Autumn Period! It should be the earliest written code in China and the earliest legal document in the world. Let's see what it records. The Jian Dian stipulates that the Yandi people living in the east and the Huangdi people living in the west should be divided into ethnic groups. "After the second generation", Ayayou refers to the red man, who has been in charge of military power for generations and is stationed in Fenhe, Shanxi; The other is Xuanyuan, who lives in Shaanxi in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River. The "Second Empress" was also the "Second Qing Dynasty" under Chi Di. "Chi Di" is "Yan Di". This is proved by Historical Records and the great Dai. They all described the "Battle of Hanquan". Sima Shi said that he defeated Yan Di Yu Wang, who remembered defeating Chi Di Yu Wang.

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The Historical Value and Educational Significance of Ancient Chinese Characters

Ancient Chinese characters in China emerged in an endless stream, which has become a writing system from its formation to Oracle Bone Inscriptions. It has gone through a long process, and it bears the long history of the Chinese nation for five thousand years. Calligraphy, the writing method of Chinese characters, has also become an independent art form. With the coming of the "era of reading pictures", people re-examine "vision", a tool for understanding things, in order to explore the essence of things and acquire knowledge through visual forms and methods. Then, what can we "see" from the ancient history of Chinese characters with our eyes? When you "see", can you "understand"? What is the value and significance of the formation process and visual expression of Chinese characters for the information age?

Social Background in Pre-Qin Period and the Origin of Chinese Characters

The Social Background of the Formation of Chinese Characters

Philosophers believe that "the formation time of Chinese characters will probably not be earlier than Xia Dynasty", and a complete writing system was formed in Xia and Shang Dynasties (about BC17th century) (Qiu Xigui's Outline of Philology). The Chinese characters in Oracle Bone Inscriptions mainly experienced the primitive society to the Warring States period from primitive germination to maturity. From primitive social life to the emergence of clan commune, and then to Xia, Shang and Western Zhou Dynasties, Chinese characters formed a relatively complete and mature Oracle Bone Inscriptions system. This period is the origin of Chinese civilization, and the level of productivity is low, so people can't make a reasonable explanation for natural phenomena. Nature worship, animism, totem belief, reproductive worship and witchcraft all have a profound influence on the primitive cultural form. Ancient forms of civilization are complicated. During the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, sacrifices, fighting, fishing, going in and out, harvesting, wind and rain, diseases, etc. They have all been divined, and the time of divination, the name of the diviner, the result of divination and the fulfillment of divination are all engraved on the tortoise shell or ox bone with a knife. Because most of them are related to divination, Oracle Bone Inscriptions is also called "Oracle Bone Inscriptions" or "Tortoise Shell".

The Origin of Ancient Chinese Characters in China

There are many theories about the origin of Chinese characters, among which the most influential ones are structure theory, lettering theory, gossip theory, original picture theory and "one" theory. Modern research generally believes that the origin of Chinese characters is multi-source, that is, the symbol system of Chinese characters is separated and transformed from the original recording methods such as picture symbols, knots, gossip, calculation, lettering, etc., which is created by people for the needs of recording and disseminating information and exchanging ideas in long-term production practice. The formation of Chinese characters is a natural and inevitable historical choice.

The carrier, form and characteristics of pre-Qin characters

Text carrier: rocks, pottery, tortoise shell and animal bones, bronzes.

Glyph: pictographic by class. Oracle Bone Inscriptions was carved with a knife. The sharpness of the knife and the hardness of the bones make the strokes of the characters different in thickness, and the joints of the strokes are peeling off. Structurally, the length and size are not necessarily the same, and the font is stiff and thin. Bronze inscriptions are carved on clay molds and cast, so the strokes are thick and round, and the shape is square.

Visual externalization of Chinese characters and its educational value

Education returns to life--re-understanding of traditional educational ideas.

Modern science has made great progress in education, with more and more teaching tools and teaching theories. Art, technology and humanities develop independently in education and are separated from each other, while the coordinated development of individuals is inseparable from the unity of the three in life. Education comes from life, serves life, is higher than life and guides life, but life should not be divorced from education. The theory is gray and the tree of life is evergreen.

The birth of Chinese characters promotes the development of education, and the need of education makes the symbol forms of Chinese characters tend to be unified, which also accelerates the maturity of Chinese character system. Ancient Chinese characters are closely related to people's lives. They not only know and reproduce objective things, but also life contents such as totem worship and divination appear in the form of ancient Chinese characters, which become the source of Chinese characters and the tool form of knowledge transmission, which can be seen from the source of Chinese characters "teaching" and "learning". The word "Oracle Bone Inscriptions" consists of two "fives". The word "Xue" has been engraved on the inscription since the child (556, equivalent to the Eight Diagrams), like a child fiddling with a gossip shape with his hands, while Oracle Bone Inscriptions omitted the radicals. In the configuration of the word "jiao", the original gossip and divination symbols are used as the radicals of the word "jiao", which shows that in ancient times, divination was the content of primary school students' teaching and educators were wizards.

Appreciating History —— Humanistic Emotion Education

Now is the continuation of the past, and the development of the present is the negation of the past, so the dead state of matter must contain the core of truth. History has continued to this day, and things have changed. If history is reproduced only by literature or historical records, it will lose its vividness and vividness, while the inherent bondage of realistic objects and the lack of understanding of history in people's minds will even make history lose its objectivity and authenticity.

The carriers of ancient Chinese characters in the pre-Qin period-the ferocious bronze wares of Gum and the broken and dark tortoise shells and animal bones-give people a strong visual shock and impact from the eyes to the soul only from the external form of the characters, and the heavy and vicissitudes of history are truly reproduced with spiritual carriers. Ignorance and Killing In ancient times, our ancestors' simple understanding and worship of blood and fire were reflected in the scrawled words on Oracle bones, and the long-standing traditional reason of "respecting red and choosing black" of the Chinese nation came down in one continuous line.

The history of the reappearance of ancient Chinese characters tells us that the diversity of historical time and space has created the uniqueness of human existence. The so-called unique personality realization may only be for the pursuit of the true self. People always look for the meaning of their existence between the comparison between the present and the past, the uniqueness and individuality of history.

artistic value

Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties are the initial stage of calligraphy art, and the application of Oracle Bone Inscriptions's writing skills and tools shows the pursuit of artistic aesthetics. Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, Shi Guwen, silk scripts, bamboo (wood) slips and other writing forms had a preliminary aesthetic consciousness in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. Writing goes from application to art, from naivety to perfection. The specific original ecological environment established its special position in the history of calligraphy art in China. A long history has left a natural wonder in art, and harmony in disharmony has created a rich meaning of artistic beauty.

Enlightenment to Modern Educational Technology

Modern educational technology is based on western modern educational theory, communication, information theory, psychology and other disciplines, and the theoretical system of western educational thought has played a decisive role in the emergence and development of educational technology. The cultural differences between the East and the West determine the differences in the inherent fundamental concepts of education, as well as the differences in educational forms and educational practices, thus leading to different understandings of educational technology. The accumulation of history has not played its due role in the development of educational technology in China. What does the history of the formation and development of Chinese characters inspire education in the information age?

Integration of Traditional History Education and Multimedia Information Technology

The development of educational technology is closely related to the use of media. How to use modern electroacoustic and video technology to serve education is the task of educational technology research. Film and television technology has advantages that traditional teaching tools that travel through time and space and present history do not have. Combining traditional history courses with film and television technology and carrying out history education through intuitive and vivid visual presentation can deepen our understanding of history and even let us re-understand history.

Multimedia technology is nothing more than sound and image or a combination of both, but Chinese characters only combine sound and shape to convey information and meaning, which is a comprehensive whole with the purpose of conveying information. The two have the inevitability of internal communication, which provides a rich and reliable understanding for the research of multimedia technology, and educational technology will certainly draw reasonable practical and theoretical nutrients from it.

"Viewing Things and Taking Images" and Visual Thinking

The appearance and development of TV, film and multimedia technology have greatly changed people's thinking and lifestyle. The concept of visual thinking is highlighted in the call of the development of the times. How do people acquire knowledge through vision? What kind of visual laws does hieroglyphics imply? The motive of creating Chinese characters is to "look at things and take images", and it is not just a concrete representation, but a process of subjective processing and abstraction of objective things, "stand for images and do your best". The simplification and unification in the spread of Chinese characters lead to the symbolization of Chinese characters and the separation of signifier and signified. However, ancient Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the product of thinking in images, which is abstract and general, and can reflect the objective characteristics of things. The formation law of Chinese characters will be of great significance to the reconstruction and expansion of visual thinking theory.

Visual representation of knowledge

Dual coding theory of modern cognitive psychology provides a theoretical basis for knowledge visualization. Now the language and characters have been symbolized, and only Chinese characters have been handed down in ancient hieroglyphics. The initial form of Chinese characters is a visual representation of knowledge, a representation of things and their relationships. The configuration of Chinese characters is visual, the motivation of coining words is to describe the objective world, the combination of objects and images is the combination of image thinking and abstract thinking, and "taking images from objects" is also "setting images to the heart". The uncertainty, generality and freehand brushwork of Chinese characters make it an extension of humanistic significance. The development of Chinese characters for thousands of years has left rich and valuable resources of visual representation of knowledge, and it is possible to establish a complete practice and theoretical system of visual representation of knowledge. Studying Chinese character knowledge from the perspective of visual representation, we have rich resources and a long history. Compared with foreign countries, we have no such advantages.

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The Chinese civilization with a long history is like a pearl honed in the long history, and the accumulation of history will only make it more dazzling! The development of educational technology will follow the historical track and accept the historical choice. Our descendants must redouble their efforts to carry forward the past and forge ahead!