# Qiu Xigui 2000: Chinese Writing (Wenzixue gaiyao), translated by Gilbert L. Mattos and Jerry Norman

> Qiu Xigui, 2000. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The standard account of how Chinese graphs are built (pictographs, phonetic loans…

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# Chinese Writing (Wenzixue gaiyao), translated by Gilbert L. Mattos and Jerry Norman

Qiu Xigui, 2000.

**Unread oracle bone characters** Book0

## What it's used for here

The standard account of how Chinese graphs are built (pictographs, phonetic loans, semantic-phonetic compounds) and of the method for identifying an oracle-bone graph by tracing it through bronze and seal forms. Early China Special Monograph Series 4, Berkeley; Chinese original 1988.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The structure of Chinese graphs means a word that fell out of use leaves a graph with no phonetic or semantic anchor…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/evidence/EVD0DEDTG099HTB/the-structure-of-chinese-graphs-means-a-word-that-fell-out)

Evidence

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[Qiu Xigui](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/FIG0DEDJNQ4CN2R/qiu-xigui)

FIG

[The unread oracle bone characters](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered)

The mystery article

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[What are the roughly 3,000 unread oracle-bone graphs, and how many of them can ever be read?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/questions/QST0DEDQEESA0GT/what-are-the-roughly-3-000-unread-oracle-bone-graphs-and-how)

Question

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[What standard of proof should count as an accepted reading of an oracle-bone graph?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/oracle-bone-undeciphered/questions/QST0DEDQG872N9M/what-standard-of-proof-should-count-as-an-accepted-reading)

Question

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## Cite it

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Qiu Xigui (2000). Chinese Writing (Wenzixue gaiyao), translated by Gilbert L. Mattos and Jerry Norman. https://e-aoi.uzh.ch/apps/china-west/documents/28684
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[Find it at e-aoi.uzh.ch](https://e-aoi.uzh.ch/apps/china-west/documents/28684)

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**SRC** 0DEDFXKZ1AH3

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