The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

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But not using a correct pinyin text, but instead a text that a non-Chinese could produce if he heard dictation in Mandarin and tried to write down the pinyin, without understanding half the words...

He must understand the meaning of the words, without necessarily knowing how to write them down. Otherwise, it turns out that the author went to China, learned the language at least somewhat, but in the end wrote a book that he himself doesn’t understand at all, and hired clumsy scribes and clumsy artists. This is gradually turning into a Chinese fairytale rather than a Chinese theory...

In fact, there is a precedent for what you’re saying — it’s the Arabic language. It could have been written down from hearing, which is why Muhammad became Magomet. As far as I remember, this originated with Voltaire and was not someone’s initiative, but rather a generally widespread tradition. But they knew very well who "Magomet" was.

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That glyph could also be a plow, a Fountain of Youth, a "K" for "König" rotated 90 degrees, two scimitars rising over a city wall...

Hieroglyphs and letterforms remain the most suitable explanations for these glyphs. They appear at the beginning of paragraphs, are separated from the letters, and are highlighted in red. Among other things, they are drawn in three‑dimensional form.

. but the Chinese Origin theory happens to provide an explanation for all three

No, it doesn’t explain. There’s no explanation for why they’re so poorly copied and why only here. Did the author just not bother to add more Chinese characters to his little Chinese booklet?