Here I present: Johannes Friedrich, “Extinct Languages”, 1957. PART THREE (3).
INTRODUCTION.
Yellow Emperor, “Classic of Internal Medicine” is famous in history even if Huang Di (黃帝) Yellow Emperor maybe a mythic figure. CHINESE undeciphered neolithic scripts are listed BELOW from mythic times.
The term “elements” is one of philosophy in ancients history that is prehistoric. The modern concept of the term “elements” began with Robert Boyle, “The Sceptical Chymist”, 1661 AD. The “elements” were taught at Academy & Lyceum in Athens, GREECE the universities of Plato & Aristotle. Robert Boyle put an end to “elements” as a philosophical term. The term “elements” today is physical and implies “periodicity”. However, in medicine the “periodicity” of the acupoints in Chinese medicine remains today.
The body is zero (0) to three-hundred sixty (360) acupoints in Chinese medicine. The philosophy of Chinese medicine is prehistoric before the time of the Yellow Emperor in Neolithic prehistory. Scripts for these Chinese writing are not deciphered_Extinct Languages’. The oral history is what we have today that constitutes faith in ancestral ideas_Extinct Languages’.
CHINESE NEOLITHIC UNDECIPHERED SCRIPTS.
1. Yellow River Civilization.
- Jiahu symbols – Peiligang culture, from China, c. 6600 – 6200 BC.
- Damaidi symbols – Damaidi, from China, earliest estimated dates range from the Paleolithic to approximately 3000 years ago.
- Dadiwan symbols – Dadiwan, from China, c. 5800 – 5400 BC.
- Banpo symbols – Yangshao culture, from China, 5th millennium BC.
- Jiangzhai symbols – Yangshao culture, from China, 4th millennium BC.
- Dawenkou symbols – Dawenkou culture, c. 2800 – 2500 BC.
- Longshan symbols – Longshan culture, from China, c. 2500 – 1900 BC.
2. Yangtze River Civilization.
- Wucheng symbols – Wucheng culture, from China, c. 1600 BC.
3. Other Chinese Areas.
- Sawveh – Guangxi, from China; possible proto-writing or writing.
