References to China-Y

References

Highly experienced teachers/professors of Chinese and Japanese applaud China-Y as a tremendous time-saving instrument in studying present-day characters and as a ‘must’ for anybody who wants to become familiar with these. At the same time China-Y is considered a beautiful and interesting source of symbols, associations and images.

… for Chinese language learning purposes it definitely is the most efficient and pleasant method I have ever known.

Prof Dr. B. P. F. Al, Van Dale Lexicografie bv
Universal primitive images
“This work is not a scientific reference book, but a popular coffee table book. It clearly demonstrates that the Chinese script is based on common images and ideas, met in every culture in the daily practice of its existence.”

from Ton Henni, preface

Cosmopolitan book
“China forms a cosmopolitan unity. Its language is as the blue river, the Yangzi. This stream collects the water of innumerable affluents. The Chinese language collects the traces of an immense arsenal of philosophical, literary, artistic and scientific expressions. Therefore this book might be called a real thesaurus, a treasury.”

from Tito Silva, preface