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Re: CHAT: Three questions from a lurker

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Thursday, November 12, 1998, 2:15
Nik Taylor scripsit:

> Well, the very first writting was records of financial transactions, at > least in the West, I don't know if the same holds true in the East.
The oldest writing *we have* from China is records of the answers given by oracles. But in both East and West there may have been older writing that has now perished. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban.