A Preliminary Exploration of Comparative Textual Studies

Author: Zhou Youguang
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Publish Date: 1998-11-01
Features: The study of writing systems focuses on facts as the history of writing systems and on patterns as the study of writing systems. The author previously wrote a book titled A History of World Writing Systems and now has written this An Introduction to Comparative Writing Systems. These two books are companions, like two branches of the same tree. Their roots are the same: the writing system materials from ancient and modern China and the world. In the "Introduction," corrections and supplements to the writing system materials that need to be cited have been made, especially new materials and new understandings have been added.