“书于竹帛”与图书馆萌芽

"Written on Bamboo and Silk" and Library Sprout

在遥远的历史长河中,人类创造和运用了符号系统,创造出记录语言的文字。同时,人类开始多方寻找文字符号赖以存在的有形载体:甲骨、青铜器、石头、简牍、缣帛……只有当文字符号找到了恰当的载体时,才形成"书"。于是,便有了图书馆。

During the long history course, human beings have created and applied symbol system, created literature to record language. Meanwhile, the human being have started to find recording carriers, such as bones, bronze, stone, bamboo, silk, etc. Only when literature has found proper carriers, can it become ＂book＂ . As such library appears in history.