“积累说”质疑

The query of Accumulation Theory

一般认为,文字是在漫长的原始社会,通过书写符号的数量积累逐渐发展而成的,简称"积累说"。考古材料表明,原始符号并未在文字产生之前逐渐积累;形体比对显示,甲骨文很少吸收原始符号;原始符号与文字的根本差异不在符号数量,而在系统的性质,原始符号不可能通过积累成为文字。"积累说"是站不住脚的。

It is generally thought that the characters developed based on the quantity accumulation of writing emblems in primitive society, it is called Accumulation Theory. The archaeology material proved that original emblems were not gradually accumulated before the emergence of characters. From the comparison of form and structure, it could be said that oracle bone inscriptions seldom assimilate original emblems. The essential diversity between original original emblems could Accumulation Theory. emblems and characters was not quantity but character of the system. Therefore, not become characters by accumulation. Thus, there is no evidence to support