New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-11-07

phonetic clAsi. TheiF s7cclls.ions 1pon the sub
isct are. however. modern conducted xitz i.S II
any Advantages which are not uor sg7allv po,-
.essed ~ "a, and from their vhimslcs AZ sxt-sva
can't character they sesm 70 have commanded IS
little OF the respect Of European AMI American
scholars A. Chinese science in general has done
The Chinese are people WHO have perfected the
arts to s high degree, apparently Almost with1a.
the aid o. science. his classification is ci:ed BY
Gallery as one sufficiently famous in Chias. but
one which IS entitled = lille or no consideration.
and q characterized By him as consisting Of
vague and obscure divisions, relating more T. ely
fct0cs than % TIE genuine nature Of the an
guseer Il ia spoken OF with eo1al disoa-age.
nent by Mr. Williams. "a IA work called The
Nftdie Kingl1u-.' AID by others while the ex-
amples .ddgcsd by Morrison. Renusat and o.her,
bear out the i9dgmen. they have pronounced Up.
ol 1t.
one thing Is certain. tast neither il Cain, nor
among American AID European scholars Of the
language has there been, IS vet, any analysis OF
the elementary characters sufficiently extended
or valuable to be adopted AZ the basis Of . system
Of study for the acquisition Of the language
nothing IL fsct, which can be regarded ss any
thing more than hsndlull Of curious but random
observations st only 70 be abandoned or al prsc-
tica purposes as soon IS uaae. Nothing exhaust.
We or compre hensiys has been attempted The
field Of ex pl0rstion lies open and znoccupied be-
tore Is and v hatever OF either curious Or va'Vs-
bic materials we may trd IL II viii be fairly Ours
by RICH: Of discovery.
VI Gallery, ehile constructing his Ph0H,fic Syi
IN, has done al invaluable service 70 the kind %
investigation which propose, by coliLtins the
ancient and modern classical characters SIDE by
side throughout the elementary portion Of the an
Eusge. and I have freely svsiied myself Of his A.
DOrs, selecting and bringing together such as are
proper for my present purpose.
Ii will be observed that ! use the term easi. en-
70 denote the picture or symbol OF any partlculs'
and single thing idea, snd that several 81 these
embems frequently enter int the composition oi
what is still only one Of the ccneH'0ry characters
of the language, and liable siterwsrd to enter into
.till further composition ~ the compound char
acters.
confined as | an By the nature Of The present
occasion to the selection OF some portion OF iae
elementary characters as illustrations of the kind
Of discoveries in question. ! hsve thought II
would be the most satisfactory course 70 choose
some one emblem ot frequent occurrence, and
trsce II throughout al IT'S combinations whenever
| i agpearsss a component part Of Al elementary
character II satisfactory account "A DO gwen
Of It, In these different positions ard orc emblem
bus treated erhGusftrcy such an exhibition can
not fail. il seems 70 to be fer more indicative
n those under whose observation these invest
cations may come. Of the pOss blty a recovering
know ledge Of the primitive structure OF all the
elementary characters OF the language, than II
we're to- take up and snalyze an equal number OF
characters quite =. random.
have selected, therefore, for this purpose the
emblem for tree which, when standing slOne D., a
character hsving thst Specification, but which like
wise enters extensively into the composition OF
other elementary characters.
The word 10 Mu" sgniiying rood a tree, on
Of The fre Clements The forms Of the characters
ancient and modern, are as follows
Ancient M1deu