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A Comparison Between the Development of the Chinese Writing System and Dongba Pictographs

A Comparison Between the Development of the Chinese Writing System and Dongba Pictographs
Seaver Milnor
University of Washington
The Naxi Dongba pictographic script is strikingly different from Chinese characters in the complexity of graphs. To draw an analogy with ancient Egyptian, even the traditional Chinese characters still in use in Hong Kong and Taiwan are like a [...]

Fundamental research on the texts of Naxi Dongba script – Extraction of a framework based on frequency of appearance of pictographs

Fundamental research on the texts of Naxi Dongba script – Extraction of a framework based on frequency of appearance of pictographs
Naomichi KUROSAWA(黑泽直道)日本国学院大学
The ritual texts used in the religion of the Naxi people are written in a distinct script known as “Dongba script”, which is both written in and read by Naxi priests, themselves known as [...]

The focus of my composition will still be based on “human being”in Dongba pictograph

The focus of my composition will still be based on “human being”in Dongba pictograph
Gao Feng
Naxi dongba pictograph has been well-known as “living fossil”which are original symbols all over the world.It is very important for us to research Dongba pictograph`s derivation and evolution.Naxi dongba pictograph is definitely a treasury in Chinese history,so many famous experts have [...]