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The original letter of Fa(法) was appeared in Sizhou(西周) dynasty, around B.C1000. Before Chunqiu(春秋)ear we, however, could not find the meaning of law as statute enacted by state. Thus the original letter of Fa did not contain the meaning of statutes.
The most important part of the original letter of Fa, according to the ancient letters of China, would be a 大ㅂ. In Zhi(齊) 大ㅂ had been used as Fa. In the letters of Jiaguo(甲骨) 大ㅂ reprsented the symbol of a traditional rite to pray for rain.
Apart from the meaning of statute, the time of appearance of the original letter of Fa should be effective retrospectively from B.C1000 to Yin(殷) dynasty.