Professor Zhou Wen talked about "previous and present life" ofChinese characters

Onthe afternoon of March 18th, Professor Zhou Wen of the School ofLiberal Arts of Wuyi University was invited to give a lecture on"Characters of Text Configuration" to the teachers andstudents of the Chinese Department of our school in the 207 lecturehall of the college. Professor Zhou Wen gave a detailed explanationabout the general configuration of characters and the specialconfiguration phenomenon in the evolution.

Atthe beginning of the lecture, Professor Zhou Wen believed that China’s culture is broad and profound, and Chinese characters have along history ... "This led to the theme of this lecture: words.

ProfessorZhou talked about the oracle bone meaning of the word "wen",which is a tattoo on a person's body, that is, "wen" isoriginally a "grain", and the role of the tattoo is todistinguish different tribal groups and distinguish between the enemyand the enemy. "Different tribes have different totems. Forexample, some tribes are snakes and some are dragons. Dragons do notexist. It is the result of the union of different tribes ... usingpart of you (tribal totem) and me (tribal totem). A part of theintegration is the emergence of "totems of various dragons",and these pictographs are the origin of Chinese characters.

Coincidentally.Since talking about "text", Professor Zhou also talkedabout the meaning of "character". Speaking of "character",the oracle bone inscription means "birth", and laterextended the meaning of "breeding" and "breeding"to "word" The word "represents" is another bigtype of Chinese character formation, the pictophonetic characters.

ProfessorZhou explained the two major categories of the Chinese characters"one body is the text, and the combination is the word"using the two characters "wen" and "zi". Theclassmates all took notes and expressed the configuration of theChinese characters. Have a strong interest in learning.

Atthe same time, Professor Zhou Wen talked about other interestingconfiguration methods of Chinese characters. For example, whentalking about radical genre, take "servant" as an example.The "servant" of "servant" was originally asingle person, and later evolved with " "Slave" becamethe word next to the female; there was also "Ye" in theword "Ye Niang", which evolved and evolved with the "Nian"becoming the word "female" with ears, but now there is nosuch word. This phenomenon of radical classification gives students adeeper understanding of the composition and development of Chinesecharacters, and also solves some doubts in the study of philology.

ProfessorZhou Wen gave a lively and rigorous explanation of the Chinesecharacter configuration. The students not only learned moreprofessional knowledge, but also cultivated their interest inphilology. "Professor Zhou Wen is very attractive. I listenedcarefully.     I found that under the appearance of simplifiedChinese characters, the amount of information contained in Chinesecharacters is amazing." Zheng Yawen, a student of Chineselanguage and literature, said.

Thelecture was chaired by Secretary Liu Xinhong of the Party Committeeof the School of Humanities and Law. Teachers of language andliterature in our college and all the students of the professionparticipated in the lecture.

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ZhouWen, PhD in philology, is currently a professor at the School ofLiberal Arts of Wuyi University. Studied at Wuhan University from2000 to 2003 for a master's degree; from 2003 to 2006 studied atZhejiang University for a doctorate.