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According to the Shuowen Jiezi, Chinese characters are developed on six basic principles.
( These principles, though popularized by the Shuowen Jiezi, were developed earlier ; the oldest known mention of them is in the Rites of Zhou, a text from about 150 BC.
) The first two principles produce simple characters, known as 文 wén:
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