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The Chinese language, Chinese history and culture are presented as one long woven bolt of silk (for which China has historically been noted), with the written language conceived as the warp while the history and culture the weft. In this process of linguistic exploration, the book shows in what ways the Chinese written language may be said to be unique as well as to reveal, amongst other things, certain aspects of: - ancient Chinese religion, cosmology, philosophy, political theory, law, medicine, astronomy, physics, geography; - their grasp, on the part of the ancient Chinese people, of human reproduction, biology and physiology, psychology, biochemistry, even neurology of the brain; - what constitutes Chinese identity, the core values of Chinese culture, the essential glue holding their society together; - their daily existence, such as their food and drink, the houses they lived in, the furniture they used, their chief modes of transportation, etc. A fascinating look at Chinese language and culture."/><meta property="og:title" content="Warp and Weft"/><meta property="og:type" content="book"/><meta property="og:site_name" content="Google Books"/><meta property="og:image" content="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=Ku1Sr-q9KNUC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&imgtk=AFLRE71ZQVlzRZQvHHs1E-ELWRGWjFajxIiXkDh2i2s059ppgTnHAOeYZ0vxcXtN2dSTYueC4ncPqMLozfACyrl97xOduL_FQ8XuNV3niDEcE9wiDcjRYe3U-ccoNWdeC3qmT10TNBhD"/><link rel="image_src" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books/content?id=Ku1Sr-q9KNUC&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&imgtk=AFLRE71ZQVlzRZQvHHs1E-ELWRGWjFajxIiXkDh2i2s059ppgTnHAOeYZ0vxcXtN2dSTYueC4ncPqMLozfACyrl97xOduL_FQ8XuNV3niDEcE9wiDcjRYe3U-ccoNWdeC3qmT10TNBhD"/><script></script><style>#gbar,#guser{font-size:13px;padding-top:1px !important;}#gbar{height:22px}#guser{padding-bottom:7px !important;text-align:right}.gbh,.gbd{border-top:1px solid #c9d7f1;font-size:1px}.gbh{height:0;position:absolute;top:24px;width:100%}@media all{.gb1{height:22px;margin-right:.5em;vertical-align:top}#gbar{float:left}}a.gb1,a.gb4{text-decoration:underline !important}a.gb1,a.gb4{color:#00c !important}.gbi .gb4{color:#dd8e27 !important}.gbf .gb4{color:#900 !important} #gbar { padding:.3em .6em !important;}</style></head><body class=""><div id=gbar><nobr><a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://www.google.com.sg/search?tab=pw">Search</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://www.google.com.sg/imghp?hl=en&tab=pi">Images</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://maps.google.com.sg/maps?hl=en&tab=pl">Maps</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://play.google.com/?hl=en&tab=p8">Play</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://www.youtube.com/?tab=p1">YouTube</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://news.google.com/?tab=pn">News</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=pm">Gmail</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 href="https://drive.google.com/?tab=po">Drive</a> <a target=_blank class=gb1 style="text-decoration:none" href="https://www.google.com.sg/intl/en/about/products?tab=ph"><u>More</u> »</a></nobr></div><div id=guser width=100%><nobr><span id=gbn class=gbi></span><span id=gbf class=gbf></span><span id=gbe></span><a target=_top id=gb_70 href="https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print&continue=https://books.google.com.sg/books%3Fid%3DKu1Sr-q9KNUC%26pg%3DPA97%26redir_esc%3Dy%26hl%3Den%26output%3Dhtml_text&hl=en&ec=GAZACg" class=gb4>Sign in</a></nobr></div><div class=gbh style=left:0></div><div class=gbh style=right:0></div><div class="kd-appbar"><h2 class="kd-appname"><a href="/books">Books</a></h2><div class="kd-buttonbar left" id="left-toolbar-buttons"><a id="appbar-view-print-sample-link" href="https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=Ku1Sr-q9KNUC&printsec=frontcover&output=html_text&source=gbs_vpt_read"></a><a id="appbar-view-ebook-sample-link" href=""></a><a id="appbar-patents-prior-art-finder-link" href=""></a><a id="appbar-patents-discuss-this-link" href="" data-is-grant=""></a><a id="appbar-read-patent-link" href=""></a><a id="appbar-download-pdf-link" href=""></a></div><div class="kd-buttonbar right" id="right-toolbar-buttons"></div><script>(function() {var div = document.getElementById('left-toolbar-buttons');var links = div.getElementsByTagName("a");for (var i = links.length - 1; 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