...Egyptians, fo the Chinefe have always had the fame Variety. In the Beginning of their Monarchy, they communicated their Ideas by drawing on Paper the natural Images of the Things they intended to exprefs. This Method of explaining their Thoughts was very imperfe&, and required many...

...the Chinefe have always had the fame Variety of Characters. In the beginning of their Monarchy they communicated their Ideas by drawing on Paper the natural Images of the things they intended to exprefs ; they drew, for inftance, a Bird, Mountains, Trees, waving Lines to exprefs Birds,...

...Stahlenberg, of the American and Siberian pictures. In the commencement of their monarchy, the Chinese communicated their ideas by drawing on paper the natural images of the things they wished to express. Thus, to denote a bird, they painted the figure of one ; several trees indicated...

...Staklenberg, of the American and Siberian pictures. In the commencement of their monarchy, the Chinese communicated their ideas by drawing on paper the natural images of the tilings they wished to express. Thus, to denote a bird, they painted the figure of one ; several trees...

...The Chinese have only Figures to express their Thoughts.... In the beginning of their Monarchy, they communicated their Ideas by drawing on Paper the Natural Images of the Things they would express: for instance, a Bird, Mountains, Trees, Wavy Lines, to express Birds, Mountains, a Forest,...