Chinese Symbolism : The Sublime Language - Hardcover

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Pictograms, through which earliest mankind endeavoured to communicate, achieved their richest profusion in China, and gave rise to the world’s most complex - and, many would argue, most artistic - written language. This book surveys some of the best recognised examples - not least of which are the dozen animal signs that comprise the twelve-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac.

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