"The Story of Words" is an encyclopedia-style general reading on philology written by Tang Nuo, a professional reader. The real human activity is to use words rather than to create them. So, how was writing invented? Where will it go in the future? In the book, Tang Nuo uses poetic imagination to lead readers back to the era of great character creation. At the life scene where ancient ancestors created characters, he launches in-depth thinking on the life course, essence and meaning, responsibilities and dilemmas, and future destiny of characters, "extremely stoic and sophisticated animals". Each familiar character is restored with its impossible same temperature, color and memory marks, making it vivid and vivid. At the same time, Tang Nuo incorporated rich knowledge of sociology, anthropology, semiotics, linguistics, etc. Into it, and began to think about major human themes such as language, naming, time, history, memory, freedom, etc. From this, a series of historical and cultural pictures spread out from the text, which are broad, deep, intimate, majestic, beautiful and thought-provoking.
Reader comments
The writing style of this book is very unique. Tang Nuo used poetic language to tell the story of words, which made me feel like I was in the era of great creation of characters. His in-depth thinking about words also gave me a new understanding of Chinese characters. Moreover, this book is rich in content and integrates a variety of knowledge. Reading can not only broaden your horizons, but also stimulate thinking. I think this is a book worth reading and recommend it to you!
The writing style of this book is very unique. Tang Nuo used poetic language to tell the story of words, which made me feel like I was in the era of great creation of characters. His in-depth thinking about words also gave me a new understanding of Chinese characters. Moreover, this book is rich in content and integrates a variety of knowledge. Reading can not only broaden your horizons, but also stimulate thinking. I think this is a book worth reading and recommend it to you!