Middle East / Biblical Stories embedded in the Chinese characters

Dr. Ong Hean-Tatt in his book ‘The Chinese Pakua, an Expose”, postulated that the
traditional Chinese characters contain remarkable revelations of Middle Eastern / Biblical
legends such as, among others, the Edenic Creation , the Great Flood-Deluge (Noah’s
Ark) and the Tower of Babel. It seems that Jesuit writers as early as the 17 th century wrote
about them. The contentions, if correct, imply that the Chinese language, and by
extension, the Chinese race must have had Middle Eastern origins.

Dr. Ong goes on to the examine several Chinese ideograms believed to contain stories of
the Garden of Eden and the central characters figured therein, namely, the creationistic
God, Adam and Eve, the Devil, the Trees of Life and Knowledge of Good & Evil.

First a few words about Chinese characters. The Chinese characters are not arbitrary but
adopt objective principles to convey their meanings. The association of ideas indicated by
the sub-characters often provides the overall meaning of the ideogram as a whole. Thus
for example the Chinese word for ‘island’ ( 岛 ) has the sub-characters for ‘bird’ (on
top) and ‘hill / mountain’ (at bottom) and the more complex words have multiple sub-
characters, arranged either from left to right or up and down and combinations thereof.
An individual ideogram as a whole therefore conveys a central meaning / idea culled
from the rational inter-play of the pictographic sub-characters.

The following, an excerpt of one chapter of the said book, illustrates that where the ideas
involve major ancient events, the ancient Chinese ideograms, unwittingly or purposely,
would have become devices to preserve ancient history; in this case, ancient Middle
Eastern / Biblical history from Eden to the Tower of Babel, where, the author argues, the
ancient ancestors of the Chinese race once resided and forced (or ordered) to leave on an
eastern track in the direction of and ended up at the geographical area of present China.

There are many Middle East legends. One of the clearest versions would be the Biblical
version. Many such legends or events could have been witnessed by the ancient ancestors
of the Chinese race and formed parts of the racial memory and ancient (unrecorded)
history of the Chinese people. The Thesis herein therefore postulates that these legends /
events are recorded in the ideograms of the Chinese language.

Now, here is the evidence.

The Biblical Creation Ideograms

Many cultures tell of a legend of creation. The Bible records:-

‘In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth become without
form and void and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters’ (Genesis)

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The Chinese language preserved various ideograms describing the Genesis creation.

(1) The Chinese word for ‘spirit’ is ‘Ling’ -- 孁

The sub-characters (‘subs’) are:-

一 = (one) heaven; 水 = water;　工 = work; 　雨 = rain; 口口口 = mouths

(people);　　　

人 = man;　　　巫 = worker of magic.

The word ‘Ling’ is a very complex ideogram. As ‘Ling’ means ‘spirit’, some of the subs
must refer to ‘spirit things’. The subs of ‘two men and work’ whose combination mean a
‘magician’ could convey the sense of something ‘supernatural’ So would the common
symbol of ‘one’ for ‘heaven’ Thus the word ‘Ling’ conveys the idea of something
supernatural coming from heaven, covering the waters, and the three mouths ( Triune? )
worked magic.

(2) The Chinese word for ‘create’ is ‘Zao’ -- 造

The subs are:-

土 = earth/mud; 　　口 = mouth (breath);　　丿= movement/life;　　

走= (able to) walk.

Thus we have the idea that God formed man from earth/mud and breathed from mouth
life and man become able to walk.

(3) The Chinese word for ‘west’ is ‘Xi’ -- 西

The subs are:-

一 = first;　　人 = man;　　　口 = enclosure;　　　田 = field / garden.

Thus we get the idea that the first man was in an enclosure (Garden of Eden)
The Chinese therefore remembered that they came from Eden in the West.

(4) The Chinese word for ‘happiness / blessing’ is ‘Fu’ -- 福

The subs are:-

ネ　＝　God; 　　一 = first;　　口 = mouth (person);　　田 = field/garden.

Thus happiness is when the first man (Adam) was in the garden with God.

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 (5) The Chinese word for ‘devil’ is ‘Kuei’ -- 鬼

The subs are:-

丿= movement / life;　　田 = field / garden; 　　人 = man (being);　　　

厶 = privately.

Thus we have the idea that into the garden came a being with a private / secret thing.

(6) The Chinese word for ‘tempter’ is ‘Mo’ -- 魔

The subs are:-

广 = cover;　　　木 = tree(s);　　　鬼 = devil.

Thus the devil from the covering of trees with a secret (privately) tempts Eve.

(7) The Chinese word for ‘covet’ ‘desire’ is ‘Lan’ --- 婪

The subs are:-

木 = tree(s);　　　　林　= forest;　　　女 = woman.

So the fruit of the tree was coveted / desired by the woman.

(8) The Chinese word for ‘boat’ is ‘Chuan’ -- 船

The subs are:-

The left sub-character is for a boat / vessel and those on the right are:-

八 = eight;　　　　　口 = mouth / person /people.

Well, the eight (mouths) persons on the boat were Noah’s family of 8 who escaped the
Flood in a boat (Ark)

(9) The Chinese word for ‘island’ is ‘Dao’ -- 岛

The　subs　are：

鸟 = bird;　　　　　山 = hill / mountain.

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So we have a bird high above or on a mountain, i.e. the bird sent by Noah as the Flood
receded

(10)The Chinese word for ‘forbidden’ is ‘Jin’ -- 禁

The subs are:-

木 = tree;　　　　　示 = God.

Thus they were two trees and God forbid the fruit of one tree.

The author also alluded to some similarities and parallels between certain ancient Chinese
and Jewish cultural traditions and symbolisms in order to make a case for a common
origin for both. For example the uncanny similarity between the “Magic Square of 15”
(where adding up all sides of the 9 squares gives 15) and the Hebraic Talisman of Saturn
(the “Sigil of Saturn”)

As these are beyond the intention of this excerpt, readers can refer to the book which
gives a comprehensive overview of these and many other matters on ancient religious
history of the Chinese people (ancient and modern)

Just Google “Ong Hean Tatt”

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