The foundation of vernacular writing seems to have been laid in Longyan.
So.
What about simplified Chinese characters?
This topic, if it were in Liu Zheng's previous life, would definitely be a very sensitive topic. Because back then, when the traditional Chinese characters of Chinese civilization began to be replaced by simplified characters, it aroused the opposition of many people, and even sacrificed their lives to defend it.
A group of literati in traditional Chinese characters...
They feel that simplified Chinese characters are emasculating the traditional culture of Chinese civilization!
Of course, from this perspective, this idea is correct. It is undeniable that traditional Chinese characters are beautiful and have advantages in typography, but for texts where disseminating information is the primary purpose, traditional Chinese characters are too cumbersome.
Here, a concept needs to be mentioned.
What are the properties of text?
When Chinese characters were first created, they were mostly shaped by meanings and had a strong sense of concrete thinking, resulting in early ideographic fonts with complex shapes. However, the attributes of characters should be easy to remember, use, and spread. Therefore, large-scale development of characters
Simplification is inevitable in historical development. This can be seen from history. The first large-scale simplification and standardization of Chinese characters occurred after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries. From small seal script to official script, it was a process of simplification.
If we look at what is known as "traditional culture", did Qin Shihuang castrate a lot of culture, or did he unify writing and become famous in history?
Since then, the evolution of writing has continued to become more and more simple.
Text will become more symbolic.
and!
What's most important!
Liu Zheng believes that the most urgent problem for Long Yan today is to improve the quality of the people!
That is to say, we need to start a large-scale literacy campaign!
First, although the social status of many people has been improved, many policies cannot be accurately communicated due to illiteracy and illiteracy. In this process, they will naturally lose their own rights for some reasons.
A lot of rights and interests. This is not what Liu Zheng wants to see.
Second, it is still in the direction of ignorance. The more illiterate people are, the less intelligent they are (of course there are exceptions), which leads to a lack of independent opinions and the tendency to follow what others say.
Literacy!
Experience in previous lives has proven that the efficiency of literacy in simplified Chinese is 20% higher than that in traditional Chinese!
certainly.
Liu Zheng also knows how many obstacles will be encountered if simplified Chinese characters are implemented.
but......
He felt that this process was imperative!
If there are no mistakes in his plan, Long Yan will be a real superpower in the future! He wants Chinese characters to become the most widely used characters and language in the world!
This also motivated him even more to speed up the reform of writing and language!
Not only that.
Completely removing the policy of obscuring the people will also help change people's attitude towards imperial power, and will also greatly affect the support rate of the constitutional monarchy!
This will also be of great help to the stability of the domestic situation!
"Quick, don't go to the House of Lords, go to the Hanlin Academy!"
When Liu Zheng thought of this, he quickly opened the curtain and said to Pei Qianyun.
Pei Qianyun was stunned for a moment, but without asking why, he turned the carriage around and ran towards the Hanlin Academy.
When people in the Hanlin Academy heard that Liu Zheng, who was currently in the midst of the Dragon Flame and could be said to cover the sky with one hand, had arrived, they all came out to greet him.
Seeing that the people in the outer courtyard and the inner courtyard, including various bachelors, were all so respectful, Liu Zheng was a little bit dumbfounded.
Speaking of which, he is still working in the Hanlin Academy as an attendant...
There was no way he could bear the worship of these people.
"My lords, this kid really can't bear it!"
Liu Zheng quickly bowed his hands and went back.
"Hahahaha, we worship Shilang Liu, he is the pillar of the country! He is the great weapon of the country! Why can't we worship him?"
Chen Qian laughed heartily. He was still a bachelor of the inner academy of the Hanlin Academy.