Carved on tortoise shell, these first pictograph representations of the natural environment date from the pre-Shang dynasty period, about 1766-1122 BC.
這的確是件驚天動地的大事。有了文字，思想可以傳遞、記憶可以保存、生活經驗可以累積、聰明才智得以發揮；人類智慧自渾沌的狀態被開啟，文明開始探出穩健而充滿希望的腳步。