Cang Jie, The Inventor of Chinese Characters: A Story in English and Chinese

Name: Cang Jie, The Inventor of Chinese Characters: A Story in English and Chinese
Availability: InStock
Author: Li Jian
ISBN: 9781602209947

by Li Jian

Hardcover Shanghai Press Published May 2016 English

Region: China

Categories: Fairy Tales Folk Tales and Myths

Reading Format: All-Ages

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About This Book

This bilingual picture book tells the ancient story of how Cang Jie, an official under China’s Yellow Emperor around 2500 B.C., invented Chinese characters. Inspired by observing the natural world and collecting signs from the work of fishermen, farmers, hunters, and soldiers, Cang Jie developed the writing system still used in Chinese today. Full-color Chinese ink-style illustrations bring this remarkable achievement to life on every page. Presented in both English and Mandarin Chinese, the story introduces children to how writing systems came to be.