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Wouldn't something from that period be written with seal script? That script looks like modern Han characters with an archaic font - it's completely readable.
by lacampbell 10y ago
Wouldn't something from that period be written with seal script? That script looks like modern Han characters with an archaic font - it's completely readable.
- 13of40 10y agoSomeone commented on the site that it's a 17th century reproduction.
- yeukhon 10y agoAlso while those are Han, the language is sophisticated to regular Chinese readers. I can't even make sense of the words (individually yes) as a native Chinese speaker. A far as paper writing, I found [1] which said roughly 100 A.D. some paper production began. [1]: http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/tien-hsia.php?searchterm=020_chinese_book.inc&issue=020 http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org/tien-hsia.php?searchte...
- gus_massa 10y agoCan you make an annotated version? Nothing fancy, if you add the translation with paintbrush and host it in imgur, I'll be completely happy.
- y2kenny 10y agoIt's traditional chinese but it's a challenge. This is my best guess: http://imgur.com/a/rnXPW http://imgur.com/a/rnXPW Looks like they were using colour as variable/labels.
- gus_massa 10y agoThanks! I replied in my other comment, because I made a previous explanation attempt but after looking at your translation I think that it was wrong and I wanted to highlight the differences. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13953495 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13953495
- kobeya 10y agoSeal script is significantly older than that. 2100 years ago is squarely in the middle of the Han dynasty, after the square script we are familiar with was already standardized.
- empath75 10y agoKeep in mind that the earliest copies of Euclid, Plato, etc, are often from several hundred or 1000 years later.