The Comprehensive Study of Bird and Insect Scripts is Prof. Cao Jinyan's monogra-phy on these scripts. It expounds their origin, development and disappearance. Based on many scholars's tudies, the author makes...The Comprehensive Study of Bird and Insect Scripts is Prof. Cao Jinyan's monogra-phy on these scripts. It expounds their origin, development and disappearance. Based on many scholars's tudies, the author makes a classification of bird and insect scripts and summarizes their features characteristic of different states. Furthermore, he offers an all-sided discussion of relevant sources with theirstate affiliation and chronological attribution as the vertical and horizontal key lines respectively, and puts forward lots of convincing ideas. The paper “A Study of the Goulou Stele” appended to the book is also a great achievement in the study of Warring States period paleography.展开更多
文摘The Comprehensive Study of Bird and Insect Scripts is Prof. Cao Jinyan's monogra-phy on these scripts. It expounds their origin, development and disappearance. Based on many scholars's tudies, the author makes a classification of bird and insect scripts and summarizes their features characteristic of different states. Furthermore, he offers an all-sided discussion of relevant sources with theirstate affiliation and chronological attribution as the vertical and horizontal key lines respectively, and puts forward lots of convincing ideas. The paper “A Study of the Goulou Stele” appended to the book is also a great achievement in the study of Warring States period paleography.
