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What kind of traditional culture does the ancient glyph of the book reflect?

The characters in the book reflect the image of traditional culture that has always been good at observation.

The word "book" is a pictographic character. The oracle bone inscriptions are compiled into the shape of a book. The shapes of bronze inscriptions and small seal scripts have not changed much, but they have been standardized. After the official reform, the regular script was written as "book". The original meaning of "book" It refers to the bamboo slips that were strung together in ancient times, such as "jian book", such as "bound into a book" and "picture album". Later, "book" was also extended to refer to the emperor's edict. It is further extended to refer to canonization and establishment. For example, "New Book of Tang: Baiguanzhi" states: "Whenever a prince is appointed, he will be awarded a seal and a ribbon. "It means that when a prince is enthroned, he will be given a seal and ribbon. This is the evolution of book characters. From the observation of objects in ancient China on oracle bone inscriptions, the current book characters evolved, which embodies the traditional cultural image that has always been good at observing.