中国史前文字与甲骨文(129)

It can be inferred that the three emperors and ve emperors began to use words long
ago. The words used are oracle bone inscriptions.
例如，皇帝的史官仓颉造字一说。过去都当成神话故事，今天看来，可能
完全是真实的。因为有文字，皇帝才设文字史官记事，发布文书。仓颉从事文
字工作，自然也研究文字，因需要也要创造新的字体，这极正常。所以仓颉造字一说，应当是真实的。仓颉使用文字的同时，也创造文字。
For example, Cang Jie, the historian of the emperor, said. In the past, they were
regarded as fairy tales. Today, they may be completely true. Because there were
words, the emperor set up a text historian to record events and issue documents.
Cang Jie was engaged in writing work. Naturally, he also studied writing. It was very
normal to create new fonts because of the need. Therefore, Cangjie"s words should be
true. While using words, Cangjie also created words.
再例如，《说文解字》的作者许慎，东汉文字学家，他在书中说：“典，
五帝之书也。”五帝，即三皇五帝也。典，典册也。如果無字，何以为册？何 以为典？可见，史前三皇五帝时期，已经有文字了。
For another example, Xu Shen, the author of Shuowenjiezi and a philologist of
the Eastern Han Dynasty, said in his book “Canon, the book of the ve emperors.”