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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Chinese language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24) |
 | | The system has been subjected to numerous revisions, but later recostructions heavily rely on Karlgren's insights and methods. |
| | Old Chinese (T:上古漢語S:上古汉语P:Shànggǔ Hànyǔ), sometimes known as 'Archaic Chinese', was the language common during the early and middle Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC), texts of which include inscriptions on bronze artifacts, the poetry of the Shijing, the history of the Shujing, and portions of the Yijing (I Ching). |
| | The phonetic elements found in the majority of Chinese characters also provide hints to their Old Chinese pronunciations. |
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