The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-05-18

ployed a. q kind 81 syllabary fer the rur-
pose 81 v riti z Japal.ese. This Is v hat had
virtually happrhIed. however. b,ior tEe
fifth century OF or era. Very soon some
thu & l." iapr- q, also. I IAN j., 4 ra,iC.l
mobilization OF thu Jara csc "a. gag.
Ia" more Ia Hliu us-caino las NipNl-
edge that s;ii"uts obtained of the Cut
n So idcu graph. the O. could they reCoiI-
che themselves 20 use Il IN a purely pho
netic manner, n cunVeNed 10 their ewes
a Significance gu o. ~uhcunnected with ths
meaning ~ he JRpanes. words which
it, sound conveyed 70 their ears. There
fore by Gegr,cs -eIs- took ~precedeuCs
of SQUAD. AID Japs,n,s. words were trans
cribeu uy means of idepgraph~ which OR
70 po7'"' w.'A th"ir meaning hit ~srs
pronounced m "a new mana z. iive~tei
al an the har-hno-, and confusing tones
If the Chinese tonguc pLr 1vtl or t"c,.g-
niD's that. although mo suuicc' MAJ lie
somewhat wtdrisum" 20 a." general reader.
some knOw.', & o' II l. essential TO n
one de.iruus "! understanding the genius
Of the Japanese angua -. and dpp~reciating
it, unique eNCsilencn a. a vehicle for trans
la'ing new ideas. -SIppoe. >ays Cap;
B-iuk."y. that q JAPANESE wants 20 writs
tie compound word Nc>tcrn-iewel In
mis- owl original Ian the sounds would
he ni'hi-ro-tamd But he tske- two ideo-
graz b. which in China are pronounced
s,-sEh. and having written them down
IL their proper sense, n" reads th"in either
sdt-gypkG or rishi-no-idmd calling tho
former the On, or Chinese pronouH"'ffiuu
,huurh t. i really n Iannts-" ned .fca'iou
~ the Chi es.' s~ourds-and TIE latter tn
kun, or pure japanese .ound Hents Cn'
ui the re>tIts 90 u.lhg "a" Ideogranh> wa
that the japanese language acquired au
ALTERNATIVE" pr1u1unria'iuN: II h'"ame a
dual laHguA se a. to >oJnt. without changing
IT, construction. II aCquiroi also an ,N-
'raurdinnry capacity NJ expansion. b.co01-
ing the most flexible vehicle Tor 'ransa'iag
ides- that the world has rvcr ps~se~~ed
.For the 'hir"-- language, which was
thus grr'tsi OF th" Lapauc-e. - not 80 n.u'h
"A cri,CtlIn ~ worda a. 4 vist ''c~au-,s ~
J. at"rIai, ipr cultsirl'''uE words ~ H.
in fact, 4 r~Ifarfoirr e 900 n n'svllahl"s,
each of which la- IT, exact sipni1cano O..
Tn, ~ -Nllab'-- rAy ~ U-d rinPly. or COM
h,u,-i. two, tIrus, tour or 1--WE at "a tlrn', -
NJ 80 convey ev'rN 'unV"iNahic idea. h1N
ever complex, d"lirair ur a.~jru~e l'c
s.'uI, II man la u"Ncr invented any ma
cIi'Urv -, tsritrt lCr converting thuug.'S
Into -punc-. ln other words, the para
d,NicHi assertion l. here male That t."
J~atane-' b. NOT u'.-! ~ a'pia' ct, fer ~"
py.~pn that IT, th',r ius gr'Iht' -NSt''h
~ II has - 80 adgi,'"i auI sloTpl''d D the
cplr-., u' centuries. tlrnv TY-Srss a BETTE
ins' - mon' for r',uriiug facts and t'uugh'-.
lNt H. hrlr Capt br'uki'v ONCE more ul-.u
tl~ subject. -pu-~c>-or~ 81 81 ALPHABET
nav l.ruIrrS enc iifugrauh ~ n clumsy.
-r'ni-civfl 'si form = wri'pg, nd ~
acoii-' h. oi de,",ulirF he mechanics ~
r'eu.prN o. th" cNis-n-" ui ~" nI'ytlec'uh
faculty Bvr ~" Chimes td'SeraphSt can
optpn., 20 si.oh Critict.m 'ne answer TIA.
a. a Ncl.tlr f,r rstuioTluC n" products ~
a.. 'r.Hl. tie it,vgraph l. without rirsI
AID tnr'. while ~" Aigip-~GNCu Nas 20 G"-
49,. y Vocabulary 'or hl- - lrutuilc ahi
ttilos. ull, S.N"s yr'"rts hv CO." halilrg
AID Il lead iang,L.C,'- "NaCf 'yIlNalrh.
f,r ,,arv now ,-ucr-'t"u can be CniH'i
rcadi'v hN 'hr urreSi~',-i idcpgraphlc mint
Tho II. rouoi.gicsl ~'Gwrace or his reir .
sr-~,f trqV |r np'lClp1tt.t - Tar a. to -"
that ,t Wp- owing To- H." Ss~"--'nn q sun
mechanism 'ha' the Jausu c-' s"hulHr fniht
no -.riou, difficulty In tt'ing an accura"
f.-nirot,gv - the mrlt'ude n: % vei 'GeNs
rr,sent.i 10 him nv Western alton n
the Uiuoi'-rfu century. 'u-t a. v No'Ii
sc,rc.,v have l--n Tu~-ilI" irr him TO a.
s~,,nilate "a. .'hu.~ of 4, I.ri~ris'n and 'Ns
ciyliiyd' oa - thi.1 ii''-aV c"rtrrle- ~"arie',
Eai be not simultaneously made TINS great
linguistic acquisition
vi.
II tho au'hor has here somewhat anttcf-
mated the sequence % evc1'-, Il IL, a. he
- ~. for the sake Of eSplain'ns the INTRO
duction Of id~ographic script into japan,
an even, balunClny 70 tho second hall ~
tho sixth century. During the interval
Of som. TWO hundred years. which sei-
sratHd that presnan, acquisition from tie
gres' wave Of Chinese and Coreen INN =
grafton that reached IL pan in the begin
ming 90 tho fourth century. marked pro-
gross had ho.n made IN many of the es~en-
,isls 81 civilization. The science OF carrl-
cutting. 'hs art of fine embroidery. ir'-
proy.d met hods of ~.ricuitiue ard OF silk
VEGA wing were introduced nv tine iinnit-
Grant. and the Intelligent, Interest taken
bv tho Government IN encouraging pf"-
Crr-s me- II. inferred from tho tsrt tNat
:. rau-.d tho newcomers 70 tisti'hui"
tlaa,f,.- t1srnstphptt Tlp rNIfnfr - pS
70 extend the ranC" Of 'h"tr nsiIucfi"u.
An idca - M" ma gh'tId" ~ tho pari lhaN.d
by thr~' irIipig'Eu'- IL conveyed Nv w"
c., ca, same that Ia the second half Z
.he fFh cvu'mv, when y vas deefn"f
advisable To rea <-"mhle the foreign cS-
ner's ord organize thorn iu'o -cr1r''s
d.psrtmetts. the families enrolled IN ths
~sf cultural -"c,nn clone aggregate
rcaflv nineteen thousand 'rerlsrs. Nv
th'- ,i,rc $50 4 n the policy If importing
skilled aid directly from China tad been
~insugurait-l. and !. So l-6Ir- OF female
seaNrIA and cuhruide-cr- we're invited
fp settle in Japan Thc~" newoomers
taugl' the uso o.. fhN loom - sucCe-sfuliy
TINT fine hr,,gGcs for ~" palace were
among the produc'- Of ~" per o At
IN. are epoch IN" crS' tvo--tc' led hours
wEs ~Ccu.fruC'Cd, up 80 the wiciEe OF NO
ffth Crn'urv tho Iapan"sc had been con-
Ten, to live in log hu', t'ad together with
Wild-Niua hva'urr~. / little lpter. but
stil IN tho ooh century \. D., the art u
tanning skins va- iWIartei hv Corp7n
im"jcIau'-, AMI c'catly developed under
Chimes iu-tr uc'ot-
We b crvc. finally, that in the domain
Of morals jhe fourth &c fury had brought
: lana n ku' Nl'ic" Il the Cli eco
clas-iSS. Hr~ Ai-' r1i claim that 80
The l"or, cd -" Colo r Y 10 n well a 10
ConfpciaI prrCcp's uf f-rrai ing f'm
.NccS~. 81 ats. ~rirr evil q 4 of curt z
H. ppSSio-- They also asscrt thai JaVar
C'''ol'- S"ra0 - practi-" the-e ethical
can H. ~ a .NeV nj : - f1c careAr Of tho
Fnnrror \utoku (Si3-1ln 4. D. as an
cNAmrlr Z tie i'w m atty. our author
I~,ais,r'tla al. ., n matte Z fact Niutyku
was a type ~ cN rem" lilo nj ism. nd
tla; = me XIV Years later II q Nero Of
JHpA. $50 Mat ~ app"ared IN the person
81 Nurnku. who - pc''ated y Wholesale
slaughter a. his owl hruite'~. eli chN1ran
apd 0'h"r wcw' .-s 4 fhe ,mDer'al family
HIS successor (Sa'ucn "a ,"l ut a sir lar
MASSAGE, = Il the int er'll Ire wa p
have N" eNi - rad no. = ovid tC"I
"%-r"tcl ant irig~a' - a." T. sitiou Of q
r'f no order '' '~turc 10" "st ~ 'N"