摘要
MANY centuries ago,the womenfolk in Hunan Province’s Jiangyong County and its adjacent areas created an esoteric written script for their exclusive use.Its rhomboid shape and thin strokes gave rise to the epithet long-legged,or ant characters.As it was the sole reserve of the women of Jiangyong and neighboring counties,however,and completely indecipherable to men,scholars have named it N(u|¨)Shu,or Women’s Script.
