[lg policy] Suggestion to re-introduce some traditional Chinese characters

[Harold Schiffman]

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3. The film director Feng Xiaogang proposed selecting 50 traditional
Chinese
characters to be used in elementary school textbooks. After the founding of
the People’s Republic, China adopted a simplified form of written Chinese
to promote literacy. Mr. Feng said reintroducing some traditional characters
 would give pupils a better sense of China’s cultural heritage.

This received a more mixed reaction. Ideal Future wrote on a QQ news
article:
“Traditional characters should be revived! They are a form of art in
Chinese
culture.”

And You said: “Even though they are hard to write, the country needs to
teach them. I really like traditional characters.”

But Yue Zhijin pointed out: “China has 1.3 billion people and there is
still a lot of illiteracy. I hope people don’t allow their fondness for
them to encourage the restoration of traditional characters.”

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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