Fw: H-ASIA: Chinese characters for leiwen (early forms of lei)

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From: "Ryan Dunch" <Ryan.Dunch@UALBERTA.CA>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:17 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Chinese characters for leiwen (early forms of lei)

> H-ASIA
> May 24, 2011
>
> Chinese characters for leiwen (response)
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> From: Dan Lusthaus <yogacara@gmail.com>
>
> Kate Lingley wrote:
>
>>one version of the
>> oracle bone (and possibly also early bronze) character for lei 雷 is a
>> squared double spiral closely resembling the pattern itself....
>>perhaps someone else on the list will know of a link that
>> illustrates this character.
>
> Try
> http://tinyurl.com/3kztxqm
>
>
> Dan Lusthaus
> Harvard
>
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