主题:他山之索 可以解惑(上) -- 人间树
In Peru the beginnings of writing were superseded by a curious and complicated method of keeping records by means of knots tied upon strings of various colours and shapes. It is said that even laws and orders could be conveyed by this code. These string bundles were called quipus, but though quipus are still to be found in collections, the art of reading them is altogether lost. The Chinese histories, Mr. L. Y. Chen informs us, state that a similar method of record by knots was used in China before the invention of writing there. The Peruvians also got to making maps and the use of counting frames. But with all this there was no means, of handing on knowledge and experience from one generation to another, nor was anything done to fix and summarize these intellectual possessions, which are the basis of literature and science.
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🙂答: 人间树 字1530 2010-08-05 08:15:56
🙂呵呵,这句话到的确是我说的 明日枯荷包 字2024 2010-08-05 09:00:22
🙂本意大约是丝的头绪,开端 2 张三李四王五 字288 2010-08-04 14:51:04
🙂韦尔斯的原文
🙂【原创】他山之索 可以解惑(下) 20 人间树 字2971 2010-08-04 05:28:50
🙂有趣有趣,之前写过一篇小文 酥油茶 字101 2010-08-06 19:57:27
🙂大地湾的例子似与记事之绳无关 藏猫猫 字278 2010-08-04 06:46:29
🙂谢了 人间树 字704 2010-08-04 07:05:23