The Comprehensive Review Of Nearly-20-years’ Research On Chinese Characters Origin

The research about Chinese characters origin, which trace the source of the rheological Chinese characters, had been sprouted as early as the spring and autumn period and the warring states period. As it has a long history and involves many aspects, the research scope is limited to the nearly-20-years’research results in this article, mainly on the summarizing and discussing.Firstly, it elaborates the academic understanding and the history of Chinese characters origin in each period, certainly includes the nearly-20-years’ research. Therefore, it can make people to have a preliminary understanding of the content of Chinese characters origin.Secondly, it expounds the nearly-20-years’ research of Chinese characters origin through three parts. In the first part, the theoretical research of the beginning of Chinese characters is expounded from the archeology, linguistics and other new parts. In the second part, the study on the origin of Chinese character structure is primarily through the analysis of examples to illustrate the impact of structural change on the form and meaning of Chinese characters, and by induction of Chinese characters structure variation of construct theory. In the third part, many research books of Chinese characters origin are exampled. Through the analysis of the carding process of the evolution examples of Chinese characters, it describes its content and methods, and makes a brief comment.Finally, it summarizes the results of the review, and prospects the research direction of Chinese characters origin in the future.Hope that through summarizing the nearly-20-years’ research of Chinese characters origin, can provide the information of academic history and the reference of academic research for more in-depth tracing of Chinese characters.