Chapter 51

What are words used for? The most popular answer is a means of transmitting and recording information, which is the image and symbol carrying the language. In fact, there are only two kinds of words, one is to use letters to express pronunciation, the other is to use graphics to express the image of things.

The latter is the basis of Chinese creation.

Although he can't speak Mandarin, Zhao Mai knows Chinese characters. He widened his eyes and tried to understand the Druid characters on the tree. Unexpectedly, he saw Chinese characters. The characters were mixed with small seal and official script, and the small characters on the head of flies were dense, forming beautiful and complex patterns on the bark.

Zhao Mai fell to the ground and covered his mouth with his hand. He didn't know what expression to use. Do druids and ancient Chinese really have some origins? If this is the result of a certain God's brain hole, then the hole is really deep and big. According to the setting of the fantasy world, druids were born out of the primitive shaman. In the era of intelligent creatures struggling to survive, druids were born out of the awe of nature, in which the Chinese were not involved. But what about Chinese characters as Druids?

No wonder Joseph Druid had such a big reaction when he heard the fragment of Tao Te Ching, and even fainted. It is inevitable that there is no influence in this aspect, which is the so-called culture in one continuous line. No wonder no one can learn Druid except Druid, which is too difficult to learn. No wonder knowing the magic of language can interpret all texts Words, that is, there is no way to take the Druid - the rest are alphabetic characters, only this is graphic characters.

In the past, Zhao Mai didn't understand why the Druid script was so special in all languages, and almost all the magic related to language would make a special case for it. The original root is here. If I didn't come to the Druid community and see the tree of enlightenment, I would never believe this setting.

"Mike, are you ok?" Purple moon squatted down to look at him, two small circles in the knee squeezed into an ellipse. "Why do you cover your mouth? Why do you have a strange expression that you can't cry?"

I was excited to laugh! Zhao Mai yelled in his heart. If Druid is written in Chinese, what cognitive difficulties will he have? Unlike Pinyin, letters have nothing to do with what they can express. The pattern of Chinese characters has its own meaning. For example, the words "up" and "down" will never be reversed or wrong. What's more, the whole text is already Chinese characters, this probability has been realized, and their meaning remains unchanged. Is there anything difficult to understand?

"Don't lose heart. These Druids were used in ancient times. They are very difficult to learn, so they are simplified now." "Modern Druids are very easy to learn as long as they have a lingua franca foundation," she said quietly

Lucius flicked his blonde hair and said, "but, at the end of the day, these are the words at the heart of Druid. If you don't understand them, you don't understand the history of Druids. If you forget the origin of inheritance, you will be lost in the time of enlightenment. Mike, I sincerely hope you can give up your radical ideas and move forward step by step. Only in that way can you reach my level one day. "

Ms. Celine patted Lucius on the shoulder, indicating that he said a little more. Lucius bowed slightly and closed his mouth.

Zhao Mai slowly calms down, and he decides to take advantage of this advantage that no one knows and seek benefits for himself. But there was a question he didn't understand, so he asked politely, "student afra, can you tell me how to read these words?"

She blushed a little on her cheek, and her voice was a little twisted, but she said, "I can't recognize all the words on it, and I can't guarantee that they're all right. If there are mistakes, I hope Miss Celine can correct them. "

The spirit encouraged her with a smile: "among all my Druid apprentices, you have the richest knowledge of ancient Chinese characters. If there's a mistake, I'll let you know. "

Well, even the chance of making a mistake is just "in case". There's nothing to blush about. When Zhao Mai was in University, skipping classes often happened, and he could make a mistake of about 30 points in 100 points (anyway, it was enough to pass, Zhao Mai added). In case of this, the error rate is equivalent to 9999 points on a 10000 point paper? Top students! Learn from God!

Ziyue also comes to join in the fun, but Zhao Mai can't tell whether she is here to study or to make trouble. It's not until teacher Xilin holds her face and drags her aside that Zhao Mai finally can listen carefully.

Read word by word, but few words can understand. From the rules of pronunciation, we can still hear some Chinese habits, such as cadence and four tone changes. Zhao Mai tried to say a sentence in Chinese, and several others said they didn't understand it at all.

There are several possibilities. The characters used in Chinese have been inherited, but the pronunciation is affected by the region, customs, historical changes and other factors, forming a state of blooming flowers. Dialects in different places can basically understand each other, but they are not necessarily understood. Although you know it's a Chinese department as soon as you listen to it, it's very likely that you don't know what the other party is talking about.

Putonghua is created on the basis of Beijing dialect and softens the characteristics of northern dialect. It is quite different from the dialect in the period of using Xiaozhuan and Lishu. In addition, there is also a possibility that the person who brings these words may have his own accent as a dialectTime travel, experience tree has been growing for more than 20000 years, can such a long time guarantee that there is absolutely no problem in inheritance? Isn't it a good thing that Zhao Mai can't understand their "druid language" and they can't understand their own Chinese?

Then he picked up the meaning of a few words and found that they were no different from Chinese, so he was completely relieved. Afra also said that the words on the tree are arranged in disorder and can't express any meaning. Only by taking the potion of enlightenment, or with the help of the Druid master, can these words be recombined to form an impression in the mind. This is what ziyue said: "the words become as big as the head, flying around in the sky."

Every human body realizes the words are not the same, and will quickly forget afterwards, only a small part can stay. What is left behind is called the core of personal understanding, which is wrapped by the power of nature, which is also called the heart of nature. But they couldn't tell where the heart of nature was. They only told Zhao Mai to "experience it by himself.".

If you want to learn from scratch, it will take several years to master the Druid language, so no one thinks that Zhao Mai can learn it by listening to lectures. Afra's teaching advice is just to make her feel at ease, and at the same time make a little effort. Zhao Mai kept quiet and didn't reveal anything about how he could understand these words. This is a hidden advantage. How can it be known to outsiders?

The last laugh is the best.