CHINESE SYMBOLISM
THE SUBLIME LANGUAGE
Peter Moss
Pictograms, through which earliest mankind endeavored 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. Early Stone Age dwellers along the Yellow River left cryptic records with their images of men, dragons, deer, sun and moon, inscribed on bone and pottery. Symbolism still lies at the core of China?s ancient heritage, in which certain animals, plants and inanimate objects have long been regarded as directly linked with particular human conditions, or seem to ordain the outcome of individual endeavors. This book surveys some of the best recognized examples?not least of which are the dozen animal signs that comprise the 12 year cycle of the Chinese Zodiac.

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