An early semiotic

The origin of a system of thought today referred to as Semiotic(s) is typically traced to sixth century BCE Greek philosophy and medicine. It is argued here, however, that semiotics should not be seen as the exclusive product of western thought and that a parallel semiotics – a systematic exploration and organization of signs in a world constructed of signs – developed in early Chinese philosophy and medicine at approximately the same time or earlier. Both ancient traditions were scientific (though not in today's terms), rational, comprehensive, and based on a natural philosophy that saw the body and its functioning in entirely natural terms

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