A voyage round the world, and visits to various foreign countries, in the United States frigate Columbia .. . cter, more or lessvarying from each other, now in use among the Chinese,which are exhibited in the opposite plate. The first is the most ancient style after the originalhieroglyphics, and by Europeans is called the seal charac-ter. The second is the sty7le of official attendants, as formerlyused by writers in the public offices, and thence derivesits name. It is now used in inscriptions and prefaces ofbooks. The third exhibits the pattern style, and is formed bygradual improvements upo
A voyage round the world, and visits to various foreign countries, in the United States frigate Columbia .. . cter, more or lessvarying from each other, now in use among the Chinese,which are exhibited in the opposite plate. The first is the most ancient style after the originalhieroglyphics, and by Europeans is called the seal charac-ter. The second is the sty7le of official attendants, as formerlyused by writers in the public offices, and thence derivesits name. It is now used in inscriptions and prefaces ofbooks. The third exhibits the pattern style, and is formed bygradual improvements upon the others. No Chinese canclaim any consideration as a man of literature who cannotcorrectly and neatly write in this character. The fourth style is a running hand, to some extent, asthe pencil may, without being raised, pass from stroke tostroke in the formation of the character, while no abbre-viation is allowable in writing it. The fifth is a still freer running hand, full of abbrevia-tions, as will be seen by the comparison. A VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD. 175 Sixth. Fifth. Fourth. Third. Second. >f 0 ^> *2?\=?
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