人类文字的单一起源与演变脉络图谱 (The Single Origin and Knowledge Map of Human Writing Characters)

Abstract

Chinese abstract: 摘要：人类各民族的文字看起来各不相同，语言发音更是千差万别。但实际上它们之间有盘根错节的关系。以前的研究对字母文字之间的传承关系已基本达成共识，建立起了字母文字单一起源理论，并提出了字母与古埃及圣书体象形符号存在演变关系的假设。但是对象形文字系统，特别是古埃及文字与古汉语之间的关系仍研究非常少。本文对当代文字比较研究成果进行了系统的综述，结合《发现夏朝》、《文明起源》两书的原创性研究成果，绘制了一副人类文字传播与影响的脉络图谱，完成东西方语言文字的中西合璧与总体拼图。 English abstract: The writing characters of different nationalities seem to be different, and the pronunciations of languages are also different. But in fact, they are intertwined. Previous studies have basically reached a consensus on the evolutionary relationship between alphabetical languages, established the theory of single origin of alphabets, and put forward the hypothesis that there is an evolutionary relationship between the original alphabets and the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. However, there are few studies on the relationships between hieroglyphic writing systems, especially between ancient Egyptian writing and ancient Chinese characters. Combining the original research results of two books: Discovery of Xia Dynasty and The Origin of Civilization, this article makes a systematic review of the achievements in the comparative study of contemporary human writing systems, seeks to establish the Egyptian origin of all well-researched Hieroglyphs and all alphabetical systems evolved, achieves the combination of Chinese and Western languages and the overall puzzle of human writing systems.