Posted on 10/29/2007 11:44:49 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A set of gold, silver and bronze urns holding sari, or the remains of a great monk after cremation, from the Baekje Kingdom (18 -660 A.D.) has been discovered, 1,430 years after it was buried... The urns and other sacrificial items were discovered in a Moktap, or wooden Pagoda. It was found in the Wangheungsa Temple grounds established by Baekje King Wideok to honor the death of his son in 577... The bronze cylinder urn carries an inscription consisting of 29 letters, with six rows made. It was translated to read "Jeongyu Feb.15 (577), Baekje King Chang (King Wideok) builds this temple for the late prince and when two saris were buried, they became three in accord with the gods." The discovery sets the construction date of the Wangheungsa Temple at 577. Until now, based on the records of Samguksagi, or the History of the Three Kingdoms, the temple was thought to have been built in 600.
(Excerpt) Read more at koreatimes.co.kr ...
From left, a set of gold, silver and bronze urns from the Baekje Kingdom (18 -660 A.D.), which was discovered earlier this month, the Buyeo National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage announced Wednesday. Inset, an inscription on the bronze urn which provided crucial information on determining the age of the artifacts. / Korea Times
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Translation of inscription: “All your base are belong to us.”
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The writing on the bronze urn is from 577...1430 years ago.
And the message is available for press release.
I know a little about Kanji in very general terms, I know that the symbols elicit an image or idea and not necessarily sound, I know it migrated from China outward, but;
Is 21st century kanji close enough to 1st century kanji to allow for anyone with a reasonable level of literacy to read it?
If necessary: pardon my dumb, it's been a long time and I've been busy.
old Korean stuff and kanji question ping
The meaning of the word is in the symbol (it’s considered logographic script, if memory serves), so each, say, dialect in China may pronounce it differently, and use a different word for it, but the text remains the same, and can be written and read intelligibly by everyone. It’s amazing, and was a work of genius (obviously not the work of ONE genius though).
But, the very significant time span between the urn and today's researchers leaves the question -
is 1400 year old kanji decipherable to today's newspaper reading public?
Yeah, the writing system really has been in use for a long time. Some local adaptations and rare characters have come and gone, but even the old stuff can be read by modern readers (of whom I am not one).
I haven’t seen that writing much, looked to me like:
Maxwell House
Good to the last drop!
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