TheChineseWritingSystem:ConnectingthePastandthePresentTheChineseWritingSystem:1Canyourecognizethefollowingsymbols?picture-based

symbols水日家明simplifiedChinese

charactersCanyourecognizethefollowin2figureoutthemainstructureofthepassagethroughtheanalysisof4-Tangles.knowthedevelopmentoftheChinesewritingsystemandincreaseyourculturalconfidence.understandthenarrativecharacteristicsof"time-event"inillustrativestylejudgethewritingpurposeandintendedreadersofthepassage.express

yourownideasonthegiventopicsbycriticalthinking.Bytheendofthisperiod,youwillbeabletofigureoutthemainstructureTextTopicThreadTransitionThemeTask6TSTRATEGYTextTopicThreadTransitionThemeTheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasons

whyChinesecivilizationhassurvivedintomoderntimes.Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.1TheChinesewritingsystemis

WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage

atthebeginning.

Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.2WrittenChinesewasapicture

Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,and

laterdevelopedintodifferentforms.BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographicallyleadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).3Thewritingsys

Thewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.4Thewritingsystembeganto

WrittenChineseconnectsChina’spresentwithits

past,andhasbecomeanartform.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmodemtimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.5WrittenChineseconnec

TheChineselanguageishelpingtospreadChina’scultureandhistorytotheworld.Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.6TheChineselanguageishelpi

Chinaiswidelyknownforitsancientcivilisationwhichhascontinuedallthewaythroughintomoderntimes,despitethemanyupsanddownsinitshistory.Therearemanyreasonswhythishasbeenpossible,butoneofthemainfactorshasbeentheChinesewritingsystem.

Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.Itdatesbackseveralthousandyearstotheuseoflonggu—animalbonesandshellsonwhichsymbolswerecarvedbyancientChinesepeople.Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.

BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographicallyleadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).

EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.

WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmodemtimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.

Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.TheChinesewritingsystemisoneofthereasonswhyChinesecivilizationhassurvivedintomoderntimes.

WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguageatthebeginning.

Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,andlaterdevelopedintodifferentforms.

Thewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.

WrittenChineseconnectsChina’spresentwithitspast,andhasbecomeanartform.

TheChineselanguageishelpingtospreadChina’scultureandhistorytotheworld.

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Thewritingsystembecamewell-developed,andlaterdevelopedindifferentforms.WrittenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguageatthebeginning.

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inParagraph2Someoftheancientsymbolscanstillbeseenintoday’shanzi.Atthebeginning,writtenChinesewasapicture-basedlanguage.

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inParagraph3This,however,changedunderEmperorQinshihuangoftheQinDynasty(221-207BCE).BytheShangDynasty(around1600-1046BCE),thesesymbolshadbecomeawell-developedwritingsystem.Overtheyears,thesystemdevelopedintodifferentforms,asitwasatimewhenpeopleweredividedgeographicallyleadingtomanyvarietiesofdialectsandcharacters.MajorElements

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inParagraph4Eventoday,nomatterwhereChinesepeopleliveorwhatdialecttheyspeak,theycanallstillcommunicateinwriting.EmperorQinshihuangunitedthesevenmajorstatesintooneunifiedcountrywheretheChinesewritingsystembegantodevelopinonedirection.ThatwritingsystemwasofgreatimportanceinunitingtheChinesepeopleandculture.MajorElements

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inParagraph5ThehighregardfortheChinesewritingsystemcanbeseeninthedevelopmentofChinesecharactersasanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,whichhasbecomeanimportantpartofChineseculture.WrittenChinesehasalsobecomeanimportantmeansbywhichChina’spresentisconnectedwithitspast.PeopleinmodemtimescanreadtheclassicworkswhichwerewrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.MajorElements

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inParagraph6Today,theChinesewritingsystemisstillanimportantpartofChineseculture.AsChinaplaysagreaterroleinglobalaffairs,anincreasingnumberofinternationalstudentsarebeginningtoappreciateChina’scultureandhistorythroughthisamazinglanguage.MajorElements

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QinDynastytoday234561TransitionDifferentperiodthedevelopmentofChinesecharacterapicture-basedlanguageLongg1.HowdoesthewrittenChineseconnectthepastandthepresent?

...readtheclassicworkswrittenbyChineseinancienttimes.

2.WhatelseisalsoconnectedbywrittenChinese?

peopleandculture

languageandartChinaandtheworld…inuniting...

...beseenanartform,knownasChinesecalligraphy,…

1.HowdoesthewrittenChinesconnectcharacters/languagewithartconnectChinawiththeworld

connectpeoplewithcultureconnectthepastandthepresent

theFunctionofChineswritingsystemConnectConnectconnectcharacters/connectChiTowhomdoestheauthorwritethisarticle?Whydoestheauthorwritethisarticle?TothosewhoareinterestedinChinesewritingorChineseculture.Doestheauthorgiveyoualltheexpectedinformation?TointroducethedevlopmentandfunctionoftheChinesewritingsystem.Whatquestionistheauthortryingtoanswerwhenwritingthearticle?TheChinesewritingsystemcontributestothesurvivalanddevelopmentofChineseculture.TowhomdoestheauthorwriteCriticalThinkingAccordingtothewriter,theChinesewritingsystemisonefactorthathashelpedtheChineselanguageandculturesurvive.Workingroups,andfindoutwhatyouthinkaresomeoftheotherfactors.highregardforeducationtheopenmindtoembracedifferentculturescontinuousdevelopmentofChina’sagriculturerelativelypowerfulgovernmentinhistorydistinguishedphilosophicalschools

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