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SECRETS OF CHINESE WORDS AND SAYINGS: ANCIENT WISDOM FORTODAYTHE IMPORTANCE OF CHINESE LANGUAGE TO MODERN SUCCESSWWW.WORLDHARMONYORG.NETBY FRANCIS C. W. FUNG, PH.D.The importance of learning the Chinese language is not limited to thefact that almost one fourth of the world’s population, in East and SouthAsia and the rest of the world use it wholly or partly. Neither is thenewly discovered importance of Chinese language in world commerceand world affairs. Apart from its uniquely beautiful calligraphy theChinese language obviously also has inherent world culturalsignificance. Most of all to the author, the Chinese nation owes itsrepute as a nation of wisdom to the innovative cultural formation of itslanguage. This I will venture to elaborate in this announcement.Learning the distinctly spatial Chinese words will expand the mentalcapacity of citizens of the world who speak native phonetic tongues,increasing their capacities for different types of intelligence. Added tothis is the cultural wisdom embedded in the formation of thecharacters, and in the meaning of Chinese sayings. As most of themajor languages of the word are phonetic, a bilingual person who alsospeaks Chinese will exercise different parts of his brain in their dailyundertakings.The Chinese nation with its continuous and uninterrupted history of 5000 years stands out among ancient nations of the world. Itslanguage is early and being non-phonetic is also unique among worldlanguages. Chinese pictographs or characters were discovered as earlyas 3000 years ago and predated oracle bones. The Chinese characterswere created by diverse ingenious and imaginative ways throughout itslong history. It is a collective treasure of wisdom and art by design.Different from the world’s major phonetic languages, the Chineselanguage consists of a system of more than 5000 basic charactersinstead of a limited number of letters in an alphabet. This largersystem of basic characters at one hand presents a challenge to nonnative learners at the outset but it also renders Chinese a language of wisdom as we shall soon realize.From this creatively crafted system of basic characters, new words,two- word- “nomenclatures” and four- word- “ Chinese sayings” (CHENG YU) are innovatively created to suit evolution of times. Forexample the word commonly meaning patience (REN) is the characterknife edge (REN) held above the character heart (XIN). The world
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