The Tao Te Ching (pronounced more like Dow Day Jing) or “Book of the Way” is, simply put, the greatest self-help book of all time. While Lao Tzu’s words of wisdom launched Taoism and influenced Chinese philosophy, Confucianism, and Buddhism, anyone of any religion or belief system could apply its teachings and find themselves living a…
(image: Title page of the I Ching, c. 1100 AD/CE – http://catalog.digitalarchives.tw/item/00/08/73/99.html, Public Domain) As I mentioned previously in my post about the Old Chinese language, the earliest examples of written Chinese come from oracle bones, pieces of ox scapula or turtle shell that were used in divination rituals and began to include written language…
Old Chinese, or Archaic Chinese, is the oldest known variation of the Chinese language. It’s the language that was used on oracle bones (pictured above), pieces of ox scapula or turtle shell that were exposed to heat and interpreted based on the cracks that formed. The ancestors were asked a series of yes or no…