Chinese Characters

Informationen zum Autor Han Jiantang is Professor of Chinese Language at Tianjin Normal University. He has been teaching Chinese for over twenty years, and his book Chinese Culture (1994) was adopted by the China National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language. He has published numerous works on the culture of Chinese characters and language and has had his art and calligraphy displayed in galleries around China. Klappentext Han Jiantang provides an accessible, illustrated introduction to the fascinating history and development of the written Chinese language. Zusammenfassung Han Jiantang provides an accessible! illustrated introduction to the fascinating history and development of the written Chinese language! from pictograms painted on rocks and pottery and ancient inscriptions to the refined art of calligraphy and the characters in use today. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The emergence of written language; 2. The origin of Han characters; 3. The evolution of forms of Han characters; 4. The formation of Han characters; 5. The profound mystery of Han characters; 6. Chinese history narrated in Han characters; 7. The art of Han characters.

Product details

• Authors: Jiantang Han, Jiantang (Tianjin Normal University Han
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521186605
• ISBN: 978-0-521-18660-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Introductions to Chinese Culture; Introductions to Chinese Cultu; Introductions to Chinese Culture
• Subjects: Education and learning > German as a second/foreign language; Guides > Hobby, home > Painting, drawing, colour; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures