false 2377708 1 <div>The origins of Chinese ideographs were not known until 1899, when a scholar went to an apothecary for some medicine made of &#8220;dragon bone.&#8221; To his surprise, the bone, which had not yet been ground into powder, contained a number of carved inscriptions. Thus began the exploration of the 3000-year-old sources of the written characters still used in China today. In this unparalleled and deeply researched book, Cecilia Lindqvist tells the story of these characters and shows how their shapes and concepts have permeated all of Chinese thought, architecture, art, and culture.</div> 2384619 5 5 2008 China: Empire of Living Symbols total:2|5:2| 2 10 7 2 5 0 true false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 02 18:45:03 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 03 13:25:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Jul 20 16:36:52 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 12:26:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 23 04:01:36 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 04:02:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 15:24:58 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:24:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 05 19:48:20 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 19:48:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 06 05:23:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 05:23:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 10 18:01:54 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 18:01:54 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2377708