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Preface 6

The Dawn of Civlization 8

The Graphic Characters of the River Civilization 10

The Fate of the Graphic Characters of the River Civilization 15

Using Pictures to Express ldeas 18

The Origin of Han Characters 22

Legends from Ancient Times 24

Discovering the Origins of Han Characters 28

The Evolution of Han Characters 34

Ancient Drawing-like Characters 36

The Development of Modern Characters 54

The Main Aspects of the Development of Han Characters 65

The Formation of Han Characters 70

The Development of the"Six Categories" 72

How Han Characters were Formed 76

The Form and Structure of Modern Han Characters 96

The Square Form of Han Characters 102

The Mystery of Modern Han Characters 106

Pictographic Elements in Modern Han Characters 108

The Use of Pictographic Elements in Modern Han Characters 116

Han Characters and the Chinese Language 122

Why Han Characters are Well Suited to the Chinese Language 124

Han Characters Are the Basic Structural Units of the Chinese Language 127

The Word-making Ability of Han Characters 128

Han Characters Bridge the Gap Between Dialects and Eras 131

The"Sinosphere" 133

Chinese History Told in Han Characters 140

China in Ancient Times 142

China's Ancient Civilization Shown Through Han Characters 155

The Art of Han Characters 192

The Calligraphic Art of Han Characters 194

Famous Calligraphic Treasures 199

Commercial-art Han Characters 207

The Seal Art of Han Characters 215

Stepping into the Information Age 222

The Computerization of Han Characters 224

Fears and Worries for Han Characters in the lnformation Age 229