Hieroglyphics of Empress Wu , zetian hieroglyphs ( Chinese trad. 則 天 文字 , ex. 则 天 文字 , pinyin : zétiān wénzì , pall .: Zetian wenzi ) - Chinese characters introduced into use by the only Chinese authorities that ruled the emperor. The signs themselves were created by a court official named in December 689. The number of hieroglyphs in different sources varies from 12 to 30. Hieroglyphs were forcibly introduced during the reign of U, immediately after her death they became obsolete (thus, by their use documents can be dated).
Several characters introduced by U are preserved in the form of variant characters .
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Examples
- 3 See also
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
History
She was one of the few empresses in the history of China, she carried out many reforms during her reign, in particular, changed the rules of the costume and introduced new written signs. Strictly speaking, they were not invented from scratch; parts of earlier hieroglyphs were present in them.
The history of U's reign is described in the Book of Tan .
Examples
| Original sign | Pinyin transliteration , translation | New sign | Larger image | Unicode | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 照 | zhào, zhao Zhao, shine, reflect | 曌 | U + 66CC | The Empress’s surname, “照”, is written using the elements 日, 月, 当, 空. The sun and moon (the first two) symbolize yin and yang . | |
| 照 | 瞾 | U + 77BE | An erroneous version of the first character. | ||
| 天 | tiān, tien heaven, heaven | 𠑺 | U + 2047A | The first option is to replace the character 天 with Zhuangshu . | |
| 天 | 𠀑 | U + 20011 | Another option is 天. | ||
| 地 | dì, di Earth | 埊 | U + 57CA | The hieroglyph “地” (earth) was created from the elements “mountain”, “water” and “earth”. | |
| 日 | rì, Ms. sun, day | 𡆠 | U + 211A0 | Designates a three-legged crow - a symbol of the Sun | |
| 月 | yuè, yue moon,month | 囝 | U + 56DD | Replacement 月 (Moon). Depicts a moon rabbit on the moon | |
| 月 | 𠥱 | U + 20971 | Another variant of the hieroglyph 月. | ||
| 星 | xīng, syn star | 〇 | U + 30077 | The circle was supposed to mean 星, a star. In modern Chinese, means hieroglyphic zero . |
See also
- Claudian letters
Literature
- 传奇 太 - {后} - 之 武则天, Huang Zhenjian (黄 正 建), China Academy of Social Sciences (中国社会科学院)
- 《武则天 私秘 生活 全记录》, 司马 路人, 中国 戏剧 出版社
- 則 天 造字 と 日本 に お け る 「則 天 文字」 の 受 容 (Japanese) ， , prof. Wang Weikun (王维坤), Luzai Show (收录 在) 古代 の 日本 と 渡 来 の 文化 , （ ISBN 4-311-30035-2 ）.
- 則 天 文字 の 周 圏 論 的 性質 に つ い て (Japanese) ， Japan · 笹 原 宏 之 , 1987