Zhengzhang Shangfang (9 August 1933 – 19 May 2018) was a Chinese linguist, known for his reconstruction of Old Chinese.
Zhengzhang (Chinese: 郑章镇; pinyin: Zhèngzhāng zhèn) is a town in Anguo, Baoding, Hebei, China. In 2010, Zhengzhang had a total population of 36,229: 18,214 males and 18,015 females: 4,990 aged under 14, 27,679 aged between 15 and 65, and 3,560 aged...
Although Old Chinese is known from written records beginning around 1200 BC, the logographic script provides much more indirect and partial information about the pronunciation of the language than alphabetic systems used elsewhere. Several authors...
China has many contemporary and historical designations given in various languages for the East Asian country known as 中国; 中國; Zhōngguó ('Central State' or 'Middle Kingdom') in Standard Chinese, a form based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. The...
Scholars have attempted to reconstruct the phonology of Old Chinese from documentary evidence. Although the writing system does not describe sounds directly, shared phonetic components of the most ancient Chinese characters are believed to link...
The Chinese dragon, known as long or loong (/lʊŋ/ LUUNG), is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture generally. Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms, such as turtles and fish, but are most commonly...
The Sinitic languages (simplified Chinese: 汉语族; traditional Chinese: 漢語族; pinyin: Hànyǔ zú), also known as the Chinese languages, are a group of East Asian analytic languages that constitute a major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is...
The Heirloom Seal of the Realm (traditional Chinese: 傳國玉璽; simplified Chinese: 传国玉玺; pinyin: chuán guó yù xǐ), also known in English as the Imperial Seal of China, was a Chinese jade seal, either carved out of lantian (蓝田) jade, or, allegedly, the...
Wu is a major group of Chinese languages spoken primarily in Shanghai, Zhejiang province, and parts of Jiangsu province, especially south of the Yangtze River, which make up the Wu cultural region. The Wu languages are at times simply called...
Shen (Chinese: 神; pinyin: shén) is a Chinese word with senses of deities, divinities, or spirits. The Ahom equivalent is Sheng (𑜋𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫) in Ahom religion which was originated in Yunnan also refers to deities. The Japanese equivalent is kami, as in...
