Deciphering China's Egyptian Code: The Origins of the Xia Dynasty and Chinese Characters

Abstract

Guangbao Liu*

This study, as the first part of a series, systematically argues for a profound, transcultural connection between early Chinese civilization and ancient Egypt. Employing scientific induction, we demonstrate that fundamental Chinese characters—including those for core cultural concepts, royal titles, and clan names—derive directly from Egyptian hieroglyphic prototypes. Concurrently, a comparative analysis of king lists and genealogical records establishes that the foundational period of the semi-legendary Xia Dynasty, from the Five Emperors to its early kings, finds its counterpart in the sequence of Egyptian rulers from the Naqada III/Dynasty 0 period through the Old Kingdom. The multi-faceted correspondences across linguistic, genealogical, and symbolic domains presented here significantly mitigate the likelihood of coincidence. This cumulative evidence for the early phase posits that the foundational narrative of the Xia Dynasty constitutes a preserved Chinese record of early Egyptian civilization, laying the groundwork for a subsequent analysis that will extend this comparison to the Middle and New Kingdoms.

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