Arabic and Roman numbers as part of Chinese semiotic system by L.L. Bankova

“…It was found that the use of Roman numbers in the Chinese language is extremely restricted: they only occur in official documents executed in accordance with the Western traditions and in some educational editions, which is due to the fact that the functions of Roman numerals are commonly carried out by the Chinese characters belonging to the traditional Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches sets. On the contrary, Arabic numbers are widespread. …”
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The etymology of Chinese Chén by Cook, Richard Sterling

“…Exhaustive as it is, this monograph is conceived of as only the first part of a much larger work covering all 22 of the calendrical signs of the Sexagesimal Cycle of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches (tiangandizhi). LTBA is pleased to help get this project off to its celestial start.…”
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