Chinese characters origin and Bible stories:
We all know every Chinese character can represent a picture.
For example:
婪（This Chinese character means “greed, avarice, rapacity” in English, pronounces “Lan” in Chinese）, is constituted by a feme女 is below two trees 木木, which now a few people think is actually the story that Eve stole to eat the fruit of Eden.It (婪) represents actually this picture----- a female below two trees, in which one is known good-bad tree; another is long-life tree, tells the story that Eve still wanted to have the fruit of long-life tree after she had eaten the fruit of known good-bad tree . : )
船（This Chinese character means “ship” in English, pronounces “Chuan” in Chinese）, now a few people think it is actually Noah's ark, ==一条舟+八个人（These means eight persons in a boat）, because 船this Chinese character is constituted by a boat舟 and eight mouths 八口.It (船) represents actually this picture ------eight persons in a boat, tells the story that Noah and his wife and their three sons and their three son wives were in a large boat when the floodwater came .
义，義（繁体字the original complex form of a simplified Chinese character）（This Chinese character means“justice，righteous”， pronounces “Yi” in Chinese）is constituted by I 我 am below sheep羊, or sheep 羊is on enginery or weapon or sheep 羊is killed (我 means enginery and weapon and kill in very old Chinese characters----the shell-bone character), (why is not very more familiar pig or cattle or horse or other creature for old Chinese here??)It (義) represents actually this picture------the story of Abraham and sons and sheep?This story, which I had forgotten, can Dear Mary tell me more in detail again? I have remembered you ever posted it for us but I had not understood very clearly then. : (
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Temporarily, a few character or words is showed. I think they must enough to understand and discuss and comment, because they have already been used for nearly 5000 years by Chinese or Sino-, how many things have happened and continue to happen in their bodies and their connotation and extension…; the bible stories have been known by Occidental or West for 2000s years, have been known by Ephraim or Israel or Semite for no less than 3000-4000 years too, how many things have happened again and continue to happen again too…. If now we name they are one of the most basic things or character of the world or our human, I want, every one should not oppose it. Right?
Characters and languages really can tell us very many things, do not, friends?
Mary, Tim, David, Neil, …, do you think ? Interested?
Oh, I am thinking if too many characters or words are really resolved into, how the human brains can really bear them all! (In fact characters or words like so found and resolved into are still no many now :))I remember the old Chinese legend that when the 仓颉 (pronounces “CangXie” in Chinese) created Chinese characters the ghosts and gods cried and tears for being afraid of their heaven and earth secret leaked; when I am writing this article it rains abruptly heavy and just is no more than lightning storm after it has passed one month sunlight and…, the ghosts and gods cry and tear this time again? I am trembling too! If really so many and much cry and tear and tremble maybe I should stop to find and post them??
Hope Dear Jenny16 can picture Chinese characters of this essay out for Mary and Tim, and post because they do not have the read software of the Chinese character in their computer to read. : (
婪 “greed, avarice, rapacity”船 “ship”义，義 “justice，righteous”Hope to know your opinions about them more and more.
Sincerely yours,Facearmy
