Cangjie Invents Chinese Characters
Cangjie Invents Chinese Characters
In the mist-shrouded dawn of Chinese civilization, under the reign of the Yellow Emperor, a brilliant court historian named Cangjie was tasked with creating a system to record knowledge and wisdom. Endowed with four eyes that perceived the hidden patterns of the universe, Cangjie retreated into nature. His breakthrough came from observing the unique footprints of birds and beasts in the mud, realizing each creature left a distinct mark. He began crafting characters based on the forms of nature—the shapes of mountains, rivers, stars, and creatures. However, this divine act of creation, this theft of heaven's secret order, unleashed a cosmic upheaval: grain rained from the sky as the gods celebrated, but demons wailed in terror at humanity's newfound power, knowing that with writing, knowledge could now be preserved, civilization could flourish, and their dominion over ignorance was forever broken.
