二二、英人莫利遜論中國(guó)字

（九月一日）

As sight is quicker than hearing, so ideas reaching the mind by the eye are quicker, more stricking, and vivid, than those which reach the mind by the slower process of sound. The character forms a picture which really is, or, by early association is considered, beautiful and impressive. The Chinese fine writing darts upon the mind with a vivid flash; a force and a beauty, of which alphabetical language is incapable.

—Morrison: Intro. to his Dict.

〔中譯〕

視覺(jué)比聽覺(jué)靈敏，因此，思想由眼睛到達(dá)大腦，比起由緩緩傳遞之聲音傳到大腦，前者來(lái)得更快些，更顯著些，更生動(dòng)些。就其引起之最初聯(lián)想來(lái)看，中國(guó)文字所形成之想象畫面確實(shí)是美麗動(dòng)人的，印象深刻的。那優(yōu)美之中國(guó)書法，以其生動(dòng)之形象、力度和美感嵌入人之大腦。而這些正是拼音文字所無(wú)法達(dá)到的。

——莫利遜：《中國(guó)字典》序論