Prehistoric: Lord of the Nine Heavens at the Beginning, the Mythical Kunpeng

Chapter 240 Cangjie created writing

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Seeing that Cangjie could create symbols in the form of pictures, and this symbol could be easily recognized by others, he stopped talking.

He had to admit that if it was this way, there would be no need to worry even if there were thousands of symbols.

After all, just by looking at the picture, you can easily identify what the picture is trying to express.

"Okay, Cangjie, I'm convinced."

"We will follow your instructions for the next period of time."

"During the day, we each looked for different things and thought about how to express them with pictures."

"In the evening, we will gather together again and discuss with each other whether the drawing is suitable."

Lishou thought for a while, and it seemed a bit slow for the four of us to look for things together and then draw pictures.

It should be much easier if we search separately and discuss them together.

"Okay, that's a good idea."

"However, we need to divide the work, otherwise it will be easy to find trouble."

Cang Jie nodded. Li Shou was right. This method would indeed be much faster than four people searching together, and it would also save time for discussions during the day.

"Let's do this, I'll look for animals, Li Shou will look for plants, Kong Jia will look for people, and Ju Chan will look for tools."

"During the day, we each thought about how to express it in pictures."

"We will discuss it together in the evening to see if the picture is suitable."

With that said, Cangjie stood up. This task was too important. Cangjie did not dare to delay for a moment and wanted to get into the work as soon as possible.

"Cangjie, wait, how can we determine whether to use a person's drawing?"

Li Shou quickly stopped Cang Jie and asked.

"What if someone thinks that something should be represented by this picture, but other people don't agree?"

Suddenly, the three people present were hesitant.

Yes, what if four people have different opinions on what a picture represents?

Should we adopt this person’s opinion?

Cangjie crossed his legs, sat on the ground, and began to think.

I have to say that this question is indeed very difficult. Everyone has their own thoughts and different perspectives on things.

There is no way to force unification, and there is no way to demand forced unification.

"How about this? Everyone brings back a picture and lets others identify it. If two of the other three people can easily identify the meaning of the picture, then it will pass. Otherwise, it will not pass."

Cangjie felt that in this way, the problem raised by Li Shou could be solved.

A picture that can be recognized by most people is already a qualified symbol.

"Cangjie, last question, where are our pictures painted?"

"If the painting is on the ground, there is no way to get it back!"

Li Shou raised the question again. In this era, the carrier of recording things is a rope, but you can't draw on the rope!

The ground can be painted on, but it cannot be moved.

"Everyone, let's do this. Let's draw the pictures on animal bones, tortoise shells, or stones."

"In this way, at night, you can bring the painted pictures back and everyone can study them together."

Cangjie finally made up his mind. Tortoise shells and animal bones were both items that could be preserved for a long time and were easier to carry.

After the discussion, the four people separated and went to work on their own affairs.

For a long time, Cangjie and others were busy, going out to look for different things during the day, drawing them into pictures, and then getting together to discuss them at night.

I often fight over whether a picture is appropriate or not.

After a while, Cangjie took the initiative to ask to see Huangdi.

Huangdi was also very happy to see Cangjie. “Cangjie, have you done what I asked you to do?”

Cangjie patted his chest confidently.

"Huang Emperor, don't worry, it's healed."

With that said, Li Shou and others brought over a lot of animal bones, tortoise shells, and stones.

"Cangjie, what are these?"

Xuanyuan has recently been busy helping the people in the tribe plant fields and raise livestock, and has not paid too much attention to Cangjie.

Naturally, Huang Di didn't know how Cangjie and others discussed it.

"Huang Emperor, we discussed this."

"If you want to express things accurately and make it easy to remember, it's best to have some special symbols."

"Just like this one, it represents the fish swimming in the water."

As he spoke, Cangjie picked up a piece from the pile of stones on the ground and handed it to Huang Di's hand.

Huang Di looked at the slightly rough pictures carved on the stone and nodded with satisfaction.

As soon as he got the stone, Huang Di recognized it as a fish swimming in the water.

"Cangjie, stop calling symbols. It doesn't sound good."

"Let me think about it, what should you call this thing you created?"

Huang Di raised his head slightly and looked at the vast sky.

This was Huangdi's habit when thinking. He always felt that looking at the vast sky would help him think better.

"Otherwise, let's call it text."

Huang Di thought for a while and gave the symbol created by Cangjie a name.

"Okay, Huangdi, let's call this thing writing."

"Look at these again."

Cangjie took the stone from Huangdi's hand and handed him a piece of tortoise shell.

Huang Di recognized at a glance that the symbol painted on the tortoise shell represented the sky.

The three curved lines look like the sky, and they are high up.

"Huang Emperor, look at this again."

Taking the tortoise shell from Huang Di's hand, Cangjie handed over a piece of animal bone this time.

"This, represents the earth?"

Huang Di looked at the pictures on the animal bones and couldn't help but get excited.

This method is really great. In this way, you don’t have to worry about forgetting or not being able to remember things because of the knots!

"Cangjie, you guys have done a great job!"

Huang Di was excited and patted Cang Jie on the shoulder.

"Cangjie, now I have another mission for you."

"You, use the words you create to record your innovation this time."

"I want future generations to remember your great achievements and remember that it is you, so that they will never have to use complicated knots to record events."

After hearing Huang Di's words, Cangjie and others couldn't help but feel moved.

This idea clearly came from Huang Di, but he was not proud of himself at all. Instead, he wanted to take credit for this contribution to himself and others.

Cangjie and others secretly made up their minds, determined not to take all the credit for this incident.

It must be recorded that it was Huang Di's idea. He and others were just following Huang Di's instructions.

(End of this chapter)