Chapter 587: Civilization Context, Sixteen Little Janes
When human beings invented writing, they needed a carrier to write down the words.
The most primitive carrier, of course, is the earth. It is said that even gorillas have a hobby of "creating" on the ground with rocks and branches. As a living being, the earth silently carries the earliest writings and records of human beings.
Yellow earth, black earth, red earth, sandy earth, slate land, marble, basalt......
All the things that belong to the "earth" must have carried too many records of human beings.
But this carrier, the most primitive, is also the most clumsy and inconvenient.
Even "God," who lives on this earth, cannot pick it up and carry it on his back, or in his bosom, or carry it in his pocket. Therefore, on this basis, the "portable" record carrier will inevitably be born in response to demand.
Thus, the stone slabs taken from the earth, the bamboo slips made from the crops of the earth, the flakes of grass made from the crops of the earth, and the sheepskin made from the crops of the earth, were born.
This is the second generation of record carriers after the most primitive "earth".
Now that the first step from clumsy to light has been taken, the second, third, and fourth steps will inevitably follow.
Therefore, next, a third-generation recording carrier called "paper" was born.
From straw paper, to fine paper, from soft paper, to hard paper, from yellow paper, to white paper, to red orange, yellow, green, blue, purple paper, all kinds of paper, the richness and flexibility of this third-generation recording carrier far exceed that of the first and second generations.
In the era of Fang Tianlai in the previous life, the fourth generation of record carriers had also been born. And its application activity far exceeds the third generation.
This branch in the development of human civilization unfolded in turn in Fang Tian's consciousness at this time:
The first generation, directly relying on the earth.
The second generation, taken from the ground, intercepted and used all kinds of suitable natural crops on the earth, and initially entered the field of "creation" or "creation".
In the third generation, on the basis of the earth's natural crops, human beings further exerted their ability to "create". Completely according to their own needs, create zào suitable objects. And with the progress of the creation of zào, human beings have also gained more and more freedom.
This is a change in the medium of written records.
Do the others, which belong to the creation of a qiē civilization belonging to mankind, also follow such a vein?
Born in response to demand. This is the origin.
Adapt measures to local conditions and apply materials according to materials. This is development. (In the process.) Different civilizations, due to different regional environments, have formed their own different styles. )
Breaking through the limitations of "earth" and "material", human beings have used various means to "create something out of nothing" and create "idealized" objects. (This is an idealized object.) Across regions, across civilizations. The differences between different civilizations have been dissolved, and the era of "great unification" has begun. )
This may be called the three-step process of the development of human civilization?
This period of thought derived from the intention to make paper flowed in Fang Tian's consciousness. And with it. Fang Tiantong's human clothing, diet, housing and other items confirm this "three-step process", and in the process of verification, many contexts are suddenly clear.
It was just a snap of his fingers before and after, but Fang Tian seemed to inadvertently spread out a vast picture scroll, and the name of this picture scroll was called "Civilization".
At this time, Xiao Loli was spreading his two fingers and making a scissor motion, and the other party said: "Brother, I want two rewards!"
"Brother, you have to write me a lot of bamboo pieces. ”
"Brother, can you take me to the sky to play again? I'll blow the bamboo for you!"
Fang Tian smiled, and then, of course, said:
"Good!"
Thinking of the previous meeting with the group of Fenglin and the four magicians, Fang Tian sighed in his heart.
Get along with each other easily and unscrupulously, and now he can only find it in Xiao Loli, Xiao Qiqi and others. Whether it was Owen Anderson who met at the beginning, or Andy Eric who met later, in their eyes, his most direct identity now is still an intermediate mage, or, to add a Yanhuang City Lord.
It is a being that requires respect and reverence.
Between each other, there is only recognition. And the ease that used to be has gradually faded away.
Fang Tian thought of Sharjah again.
What kind of situation should it be when the two meet again? Could it also be that "this time is different from the past"? Thinking of this, Fang Tian's heart was inexplicable.
Little Loli's second request had to wait until early afternoon. In the morning, the sky was still too cold.
And that first requirement can be met now.
Yes, Fang Tian took out the bamboo basket with bamboo slips directly from the well, put it on the side of the chair, and then on the bench, he began to write, well, to be precise, it should be engraved.
The content of the engraving is not exquisite, Fang Tian is just excited, and he writes at will:
There are those who subdue the mind, those who are aware of the grooming, and those who describe and depict the elements of the four systems, all of which correspond to the current middle-level position of little Loli's magic apprentice.
There is a small word of "Tianwen" that Xin Qiji: "Pity the moon tonight, where to go, go leisurely." It's another world, I just saw it over there, and the light and shadow ?...... east."
Among them, Fang Tian made slight modifications, one is to use the rhyme of this world, and the other is to delete some sentences. Of course, this is familiar to Fang Tian. For him now, making this change is even more immediate, and he doesn't even have a draft in his consciousness.
There is a reference to Confucius's "Two Children Distinguish the Sun": "The sunrise is as big as the car cover, and the middle of the day is like a pan, which is not small for the far and big for the near?...... The beginning of the day is cool and cool, and the middle of the day is like a soup, which is not hot for the near and cold for the far?......"
Of course, in this inscription, Confucius was changed to a certain great sage.
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In this way, there are cultivation, stories, fables, fairy tales, poems, and mathematical riddles, all of which are short chapters, and Fang Tian wrote them at will, a total of 16 pieces, and completed 16 bamboo slips.
Fang Tian was carving, and Xiao Loli tilted his head to look.
When he carved a piece, he handed her a piece.
These things engraved by Fang Tian may have been commonplace for people in previous lives, but in this life, let alone little Loli, even if they were shown to Andy Eric and others, they must be very surprised and happy.
In fact, the content of the engraving is not to be said, but just to say that the engraved words are presented on the simple but delicate bamboo slips, between the vertical and horizontal, it is already quite considerable.
In other words, with the progress of his cultivation, Fang Tian's words at this time, compared to more than ten days ago, there was an improvement that he could feel himself. If before, his word could barely be called "good product", but now, this word can be called "good product" in a grand manner.
Yes, little Loli held a bamboo slip, appreciated its words, tasted its text, and was overjoyed.
When all the sixteen bamboo slips fell into her hands, Xiao Loli raised her little face and gave Fang Tian a big smile, and then asked Fang Tian, "Brother, when is the sun close to us?"
Fang Tian spread his hands back, shook his head, and smiled. (To be continued......)