Chapter 1718 Care about Academics
“Thank you, Brother Li. Actually, I only have seven courses and one paper left this semester.” Zhou Zhi smiled and said: “The courses are relatively simple, and three of them are electives. I I still feel very confident.”
“ The paper is almost ready. It mainly demonstrates the originality and antiquity of Yi characters. The former is based on the 1978 hand-written mimeographed version of the "Yi Script Dictionary" found in Bijie area on Hong Kong Island as a sample of Yi characters, and combines the pictographs in it. Extract some of the words and then base them on what the old man Chiri said. The origin of the characters and their original differences with the hieroglyphs in oracle bone inscriptions can prove that the Yi characters developed from the original hieroglyphs. "
"For example, the Chinese character is the easiest to identify. The pictogram of water is a big river flowing meandering, surrounded by The shape of the tributaries joining in. This is the intention brought by the shape of the river where the Han people live."
"The water in the Yi language is a horizontal line drawn from left to right, and then downward. A circle continues to pull out to the right, simulating a whirlpool in the stream."
"This glyph has a completely different meaning from the Chinese character for water. It is also related to the fact that the Yi compatriots have lived in the mountains for a long time and have more contact with large streams like the Meigu River. It is natural to use rapid whirlpools to express the meaning."
< b r> "With this water character, add a little on top, which is the meaning of the word 'piao'; if two water characters are connected, it means 'lake'; if three water characters are connected, the middle water character will be turned over, and the circle will be on top , it means 'far' ; Adding three dots on the water means 'wave'."
"The expression logic of these characters in Chinese characters is completely different, which fully illustrates that Yi characters and oracle bone inscriptions have similar logics of word creation, and they also have pictograms and meanings. , There are many ways to create characters, such as borrowing shapes, borrowing sounds, passing on falsehoods, etc., but the creation process is two completely independent systems."
"Then how do you prove the antiquity of Yi script in your paper? Li Yutang asked.
“We have to look for evidence from archaeological data.” Zhou Zhi said: “But this is not my personal originality. Several scholars have tried to interpret Li County Pengtou using ancient Yi script. The stone ornaments and symbols unearthed from the Wuyang Jiahu site, the carved symbols at the mouth of the pottery bowl at the Banpo site and the outer walls and bottom of a few pottery basins were found, and they have achieved certain success."
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"I am going to quote this part, plus the ivory carving patterns I discovered in Xinglong Cave, Yunwu Township, Fengjie County, the pottery patterns unearthed from Yuchan Cave, Dao County, Hunan Province, the phoenix bird pattern at the Gaomiao site, and the pottery carvings from the Peiligang site. The same or similar symbols or characters in the Yi language prove that as early as 1600 BC to 7800 BC For hundreds of years, humans have been using pottery with the same or similar symbols to engrave or paint symbols on them. "
"Of course, we can't say that those symbols must be ancient Yi characters," Zhou Zhi saw. Li Yutang showed a surprised expression and quickly explained: "My paper just lists these facts to show that we don't We can only deny the possibility that Yi script is older than Oracle.”
“As for proving this point, I’m afraid it’s not something that can be explained clearly in an undergraduate thesis.”
“That’s enough, that’s enough.” Li Yutang’s vest became sweaty when he heard this: “Your Shu University has no objection to the undergraduate thesis. Are the requirements so high? Fortunately, I graduated early..."
"Actually, it deviates from the regular requirements of the Chinese Department of Shu University." Zhou Zhi smiled: "After all, Chinese has standard language and language. Different dialects, but its standard definition still refers specifically to the Chinese language and characters, that is, Chinese and Chinese characters.”
"Fortunately, my direction is paleography. Studying the evolution of ancient Yi characters is an excellent reference tool for studying Chinese characters." Zhou Zhi said: "Both are constructed with square characters, and they were first divided into pictographic systems and engraved characters. system, and finally merged to form the same rules of character creation, and then developed similar six methods of character creation, just like a The two melons extracted from the roots are perfect for analogy research."
"It's useless if you say so." Li Yutang was a little cautious: "Your master agrees that you can't do this. ?”
“He has agreed.” Zhou Zhi nodded: “Actually, I have submitted a lot of papers in the Chinese Department over the years. "Literature and History" has published several articles, and the intersections are the same. Choosing this direction this time is also a trial practice of the methodologies that will be used in the future. Grandpa Shi also praised me for finding the angle well. "That's great." Li Yutang felt relieved: "How about you stay with me as an assistant?" The conditions in Lianhe Township are too difficult, and it would be a bit humiliating to put you there..."
Wu Renzhong on the other side almost wanted to cry when he heard this. This is his own brother-in-law. , I threw myself into Lianhe Township for more than a year without hearing him say a word about the difficult conditions. He only stayed there for a month and he already felt distressed? !
Li Yutang knew what his resentful brother-in-law was thinking, and sneered: "If you achieve results like this, don't say you will be my assistant. On the other hand, I will be your assistant!"
"Brother-in-law, it's meaningless for you to say that." Wu Renzhong immediately dissipated his resentment , said with a playful smile: "I didn't say a word..."
"I know you have worked hard during this period." Li Yutang then said: "If you have any other requests, please mention them."< br>
"Road!" Wu Renzhong and Zhou Zhi said in unison immediately.
"There is also electricity!" Wu Renzhong quickly added.
"You don't need to worry about these two things. The two scientific research bases need to be located in Lianhe Township, and of course there are no roads or electricity. Our report has been approved by the province, and the funds will be allocated from the finance department soon."
< br>Speaking of this, Li Yutang couldn’t help but laugh: “The comrades from the Provincial Department of Agriculture also made fun of us, saying that we don’t The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences found a way out for conducting research in a place with no electricity and almost zero scientific research conditions, but it was treated as a treasure by the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences.”
“This just shows that we have done a good job in the preliminary work! You have to be careful and know what the experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences need." Zhou Zhi just started talking nonsense and was very convincing. Words: "If it weren't so remote, we in Lianhe Township would have planted Huili pomegranates and Puge cherries a long time ago. If Grandma Liu and the others want to find a pure land like ours in Lianhe Township, it will be even more troublesome. !"
"Hahahaha..." Li Yutang almost cursed Zhou Zhi: "It's still an elbow. You are so powerful that you can turn such a weak weakness into an advantage! In this case, I am so embarrassed to say it..."
After laughing, Li Yutang became serious again: "Lu , let’s fix the electricity! But if Lianhe Township can’t fix it again, I won’t look for Tu Liangzhi...”
He reached out and nodded at Zhou Zhi and Wu Renzhong: "I only want to ask for your explanation!"
"Make sure to complete the task!" Wu Renzhong and Zhou Zhi stood at attention at the same time, still following the style learned from Tu Liangzhi: "When there are difficulties, we must Go up, even if there are no difficulties!”
“Nonsense! Go back now, I won’t leave you to eat!”