Many listeners were very interested in this theory, and some asked him which book it was recorded in, and he wanted to see it himself.

Guo Kang is also very supportive of this.

"This is a systematic set of theories, which has great reference significance for us." He told everyone, "If you are interested, I can find some for you." ”

"However, these books were originally written in Chinese." He thought for a moment and added, "Although someone has done a Greek translation before, in the process of translation, there will inevitably be a loss and change of meaning. If you really want to see the original meaning, it is best to ask the brothers who know Chinese to help, and everyone can learn and think directly, which will not only help you understand the meaning, but also learn the language by the way. ”

"In the Oriental scriptures of the classical era, the "Spring and Autumn" series is the best understood. It should also be much more convenient to start here. That's how I felt when I studied the scriptures with my grandfather. ”

Everyone said they understood.

Unlike other churches, the Purple Horde did not restrict the translation of scriptures and the use of languages, and even encouraged people to translate and disseminate more. This has nothing to do with religious ideas - or rather, because the Khan's court has no religious ideas and has never cared much about doctrinal issues.

Their main concern is the cultural impact and how to deal with the mess of language in this place. Moreover, because the three scriptures of the Roman Church were first written in Chinese, they could not be translated without translation. So for the sake of promotion, almost at the same time as the launch, there was a Greek translation.

As for more people, their language and writing are more cluttered. According to the classification of the Greeks, they all spoke Slavic dialects. But this place, unlike the Central Plains, language and writing are closely linked, two different dialects have different ways of writing, subdivided, any two villages can be counted as different scripts, this is definitely not possible.

The Khan's response at that time was to recruit a group of clerics for training, and then let them train others.

As early as hundreds of years ago, the Greek clergyman Cyril invented a set of phonetic symbols based on the Greek alphabet to record the language of the Slavs. However, the Roman Church believes that it is just phonetic, and there is no need to make so many systems, otherwise everyone will learn this and that after learning this, wouldn't it be in vain to waste more effort?

So, that's actually the same old question about language again.

In the eyes of some high-ranking clergy, both the Greeks and the Slavs were actually unwritten. "Shuowen Jie Zi" said, "At the beginning of Cangjie's writing, the cover is like a pictogram, so it is called the text"; And the word text, "the wrong painting is also, like the text". It means that when Cangjie made characters, he used pictographic techniques and used staggered strokes to record, which is called writing. Many subsequent types are derived from this basis.

Over the millennia, Chinese characters have undergone many changes, but the changes in language and the changes in writing are independent of each other.

Scholars of this era already know that the characters and accents may be different in different eras, but the trend of change in writing is very obvious, that is, with the change of writing materials, it is developing in the direction of making it more convenient to write. This change has little to do with the change in spoken pronunciation.

And the so-called text here is just the other way around - this thing follows the spoken language, so it will also change.

In Chinese, the appearance of dialects and the change of the language itself do not affect the shape of the characters and do not change the way of writing. But in the languages of the Mediterranean world, this is not possible. It was the discovery of this phenomenon that led the clergy to develop such theories.

Some clergy studied ancient texts and found that some ancient stories were recorded. For example, in the story of the Tower of Babel, the Father changed the language of all mortals so that they could not understand each other, so that the construction of the Tower of Babel ultimately failed—the word "Babel" means chaos.

But the clergy found that the Father had changed the language, not the written word.

So, they argue, the reason here is clear: Heavenly Father is merciful, and He forbade people to use the same language because the people of Babylon were too wicked at the time. Heavenly Father knew that they could do anything if they were united, so He deliberately separated them so that they could not cause great damage to the world.

But he did not ban the efforts of human unity altogether, on the contrary, he deliberately left words as a breakthrough for future generations. In the long history that followed, the good will eventually triumph over the wicked, and civilization will eventually triumph over barbarism. At that time, with a unified script, humanity will be able to unite once again and move out of the chaotic "Age of Babel" and return to the ideal "Age of Eden".

To illustrate, there are also quotes from ancient fables of the Greeks.

It is said that Prometheus created humans and stole fire from heaven and gave it to them, and the Greek gods were angry because of this and wanted to punish Prometheus and humans.

However, Prometheus was very vigilant, and they have not been able to succeed. So the gods made Pandora, the first woman in the world, and gave her a clay pot filled with greed, hypocrisy, slander, jealousy, pain, and many other evils. Because Zeus thought that Prometheus would not be fooled, he asked her to hand it over to her future husband.

When Pandora came to earth, Prometheus really saw that there was something wrong with her, but his younger brother Epimetheus was obsessed with Pandora's beauty and insisted on marrying her despite his brother's persuasion. Sure enough, after getting married, Pandora took the opportunity to open the clay pot, so all kinds of sins in it escaped and brought disaster to the world.

However, Prometheus's old friend Athena also participated in the creation of human beings, and she had compassion for them, so she secretly put "hope" in the clay pot. So, when all the disasters are gone, only hope remains.

In the eyes of the clergy, these characters were not gods, but symbols of sorts. For example, "Prometheus" in ancient Greek means "foresight" and represents human wisdom; "Epimetheus" means "hindsight", and it also means regret. These kinds of stories were caused by the ancients who were inspired by the Father but did not understand them properly. Removing the religious worship part, it can still be regarded as a valuable allegory.

This last hope can be seen in many places.

Therefore, some radical clergy directly argue that for mankind, Chinese characters are this "hope".

If humanity can be motivated enough to restore civilization on the basis of this last "Garden of Eden Word," the Father will gladly approve and bless him.

On the contrary, if humanity continues to fall and even the Chinese characters are lost, Heavenly Father will initiate judgment to destroy this sinful world and start anew.

The clergy also formed a religious order, called the Tower of Babel, whose main job was to lobby and propagate, and often traveled to remote areas to teach others Chinese characters. Until now, there are still people active.

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