Language reform and script reform

Language Log 2025-12-16

Summary:

Around the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, there were countless Chinese intellectuals and common citizens who perceived that their nation was in such desperate straits that something drastic had to be done or it would collapse altogether.  Many of these concerned citizens focused on the archaic script as unsuited for the purposes of […]

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

12/16/2025, 09:48

Date published:

12/16/2025, 08:47