文字的产生是人类社会进入文明时期的重要标志。早在四五十万年以前的猿人时代,人类已有了简单的语言,但作为记录语言的符号和交流思想的文字,则又经历了相当长的时间才逐渐产生。文字是怎么起源的?又是怎样产生的?长期以来都是人们探索和研究的问题。在中国古代,人们把汉字的起源,看做是一件神秘的事情,并且曾经有过多种说法,《周易·系辞》有“上古结绳而治,后世圣人易之以书契”。《庄子》中也有“民结绳而 The production of words is an important symbol of human society entering the civilized period. As early as in the ape-man era four to five hundred thousand years ago, mankind had a simple language. However, it took quite a long time for the human beings to gradually develop as a language for recording language symbols and exchanging ideas. How did the text originate and how did it come about? It has long been a question for people to explore and study. In ancient China, people regarded the origin of Chinese characters as a mysterious thing, and there have been many explanations. ”The Book of Changes“ has the ancient rule of knot and the rule of later sages. ”. “Zhuangzi” also has "civilized rope