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the Chinese script is a form of picture writing.each picture represents an ideait does not have any alphabet.initiallythere were about 40,000 word picturesmaking the scipt complex and difficult.hence education in ancient china remained confined to small,privileged group while the vast majority of the people remained illitrate.it was written on silkand later on paper

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