中外文化交流与比较基旭尔认为中国古字和埃及象形文字中的蟒蛇、蝰蛇、龙代表火;鸟类代表空气;鱼类代表水中的东西;花叶、树枝代表土地上生成的植物;点和圆圈代表天上的星星。基旭尔承认中国文字在漫长的使用中已经发生了变化,变得远比象形文字要简单。但他又用5个中国“今”字,即“篆”、“字”、 Cultural Exchanges and Comparison between China and Foreign Countries Kirschner believes that the ancient Chinese characters and pyramids in Egyptian hieroglyphs represent the fire; the birds represent the air; the fish represent things in the water; the leaves and branches represent the plants formed on the land; Points and circles represent the stars in the sky. Kirschul acknowledged that Chinese characters have changed over the long years of use and have become much easier than hieroglyphics. However, he also used five Chinese characters, “now”, that is, “seal”, “character”