What is the origin of Chinese characters?

The research paper on the history of Chinese characters is written as follows:

I. Presentation of the Problem

Chinese characters are one of the oldest scripts in the world, with a history of more than six thousand years. Chinese characters are the cultural treasure of the Chinese nation and the spiritual home of everyone, and there are Chinese characters everywhere around us. How did Chinese characters come to be? Who made them? What evolution did it go through? In order to figure out these questions, I conducted a research on the history of Chinese characters.

II. Research Methods

1. Search on the Internet.

2. Consulting books and newspapers.

3, ask related people.

Third, research and data organization

1, the Chinese character after more than six thousand years of change, is in about the 14th century BC in the late Yin and Shang Dynasty, at this time the formation of the initial stereotypes of writing, that is, the oracle bone, the oracle bone is a pictorial character, very vivid.

2, Chinese characters are made by Cangjie, Cangjie original name Hou Gang, the name of the Jie, commonly known as Cangjie master, but also Cang Wang, Cang Sheng. The Shuo Wen Jie Zi", "Shiben", "quasi-Nanzi" are recorded Cang Jie is the main historian of the creation of characters, see the footprints of birds and animals inspired by the intention to classify the different, to collect, organize and use in the process of the creation of Chinese characters played an important role, was honored as "saint of the creation of Chinese characters".

3. Chinese characters were gradually accumulated from scattered characters, and after reaching a certain volume, they were regulated by human beings to form a writing system, and their evolution can be simply summarized into five parts: sound, form, image, number and reason, in the order of oracle bone inscriptions, jinwen, small seal scripts, clerical scripts, regular scripts, cursive scripts, and running scripts, of which the oracle bone inscriptions are the earliest Chinese characters.

Four Conclusions

1. Chinese characters were finalized in the late Shang Dynasty in the 14th century BC.

2. Chinese characters were created by Cangjie.

3. Chinese characters have gone through seven evolutions from oracle bone script to running script. The evolution of the font of Chinese characters not only reflects the long history of Chinese characters, but also makes us curious and keep exploring the long history of ancient China.