Transactions Of The Philological Society 1860 1 PDF Download

Excerpt from Transactions of the Philological Society, 1860-1 Compounds which are ranged under them. Similar ends suggest analogous means. As the Chinese extend the ar rangement by the number of strokes from the Roots them selves to the Compounds ranged under them, so we of the West extend the alphabetic arrangement from the letters of the Alphabet themselves to the words ranged under them, according to the alphabetic succession of the letters in each word. Ou turning in Chinese to the Root, you find the Com pound under it, in its proper place, indicated as this is by the number of distinct strokes which compose it, independent of the Root. Thus in looking at the character or word 'which sigui fies Copper, before he seeks it in the Dictionary, the searcher sees at a glance it is Kin tsza P00, the root Kin, or metal with the addition of another character of six strokes, and thus easily discovers the word in its proper place, defined as the species copper under the genus metal We shall see presently that the Chinese have not availed themselves, to the fullest extent, of the advan tages which this admirably ingenious method held out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.