Wentang

Chapter 177
"Li Gong, I just wrote this handwriting, I can't..." Yue Shan still wanted to defend himself.

However, Li Gang interrupted him and said, "You don't need to persuade me. I know more than you when I live to this age. Take the words back. I already know the purpose of your visit. As long as you answer a few questions for me, I can Promised to join in compiling the Great Dictionary."

"This..." Yue Shan didn't know what to do, and looked at Pei Ju for help.

However, Pei Ju signaled him to be calm with his eyes, and agreed temporarily.Moreover, his expression didn't look worried at all, and Yue Shan's hanging Xin was slightly lowered.

Said: "Mr. Li, please speak."

"Did you create the rhythmic alphabet?" Li Gang asked.

"It was indeed done for the younger generation." Yue Shan said calmly.This is really created by himself, even the alphabet was invented by himself, so he answered with confidence and without any guilt.

Li Gang has been observing Yue Shan's expression all the time, and he didn't see any trace of fake, showing a gratified smile: "How did you come up with the rhythmic alphabet?"

"Affected by Qie Yun, I admire Lu Fayan very much when I read Qie Yun, but he is still too conservative, and his expression of rhyme is too complicated, which is not conducive to the promotion of the world. I wonder if it can be expressed in simpler and easier-to-understand symbols' rhyme'……"

Yue Shan talked eloquently: "I tried to do it, and luckily got something, so there was a rhythm."

"Learning from the sages without being imprisoned by the sages' thoughts, you are good, very good." Li Gang couldn't help but praise: "Your rhythm letters are very good, very good. It is a step further than Lu Fayan's cut rhymes. Master’s ideal of world harmony is one step closer.”

Yue Shan was really stunned, he didn't expect Li Gang to elevate the meaning of the pinyin letters to such an extent.Great harmony in the world can be said to be the highest pursuit of Confucianism, but the pinyin alphabet is so great?

Coming from later generations, he has become accustomed to the existence of pinyin letters, and has never considered the meaning of its existence at a deep level.Now he only reacted after Li Gang reminded him.

Maybe it's really that great.

The first emperor's unified weights and measures in the same track and text are the achievements of no one before or after.From then on, the land of Huaxia wrote the same characters, used the same coins, and used the same weights and measures... This is definitely an unprecedented achievement in the history of the world.

Without comparison, I don't know how big this achievement is.Just think that even in the 21st century, most countries have not achieved this.For example, our neighbor Ah San...

So thanks to Emperor Shihuang... Without him, we probably wouldn't have this unified family.

It's a pity that he didn't have a unified language, and the northern and southern dialects are too different.Don't underestimate language differences, it can set up an invisible barrier between people.

You are from the south and I am from the north, we are different.You are from Shandong and I am from Shanxi, we are different.Your accent sounds like a savage to us, why does your voice sound like a girl, it doesn’t look like a man, we are different...

This kind of prejudice can affect the unity of the nation and hinder the unified management of the country... Anyway, there are too many negative factors.This situation has not been resolved until the 21st century.Regional bias has always existed.

Fortunately, the promotion and popularization of Mandarin has largely solved this problem.

I believe that in a few decades, people from the north and the south, regardless of gender, age, age, or age, will all speak the same accent and say the same words, and there will be no geographical barriers between people.

The topic is far away, Yue Shan finally realized the importance of the mother of rhythm, to a certain extent it is comparable to the same text of the first emperor's car.

If the great unification of accents could really be achieved in the Tang Dynasty...it would be exciting to think about it.

However, he was not overwhelmed by the excitement. In the 21st century, it took decades to promote Mandarin all over the country before barely achieving the effect.In the backward Tang Dynasty, it was too difficult.

Yue Shan automatically lowered the requirements, not requiring everyone to speak the same language, at least scholars can speak official Chinese, and ordinary people can understand official Chinese.It's always okay, right?
Thinking of this bright future, Yue Shan couldn't help but talk about it.

When Li Gang and Pei Ju heard his goal, they couldn't help showing surprised expressions. Everyone in the world speaks the same accent... What a great goal.

If it can be realized, they will be immortal forever... Leaving aside this for now, just participating in this project itself is enough to make them excited.

Who has no ideals, who has no passion?There are older people too.It's just that they have seen a lot and experienced a lot, and it is difficult for them to be tempted by ordinary things.

But at this moment, they were really tempted.The heart that has become silent for a long time is gradually rippling with water...

"If I'm not mistaken, the reason you compiled the big dictionary is to use rhythmic letters to determine the pronunciation of each word, and then use it as a standard to promote the world?" Li Gang said excitedly.

"Yes, only rhythmic letters are not enough. There must be a standard. Only with a standard can everyone know where to start." Yue Shan also said a little excitedly:

"And don't you think the characters we use now are too complicated? Many characters that agree with different variants can be completely canceled, and many characters with too complicated structures can be further simplified..."

"Cancel? Simplify?" Li Gang frowned slightly and questioned, "These words are left by the sages, how can we act rashly."

"It's not a rash move, it's a refined move, that's why a great Confucian like Li Gong is needed to participate." Yue Shan half explained, half bewitched:

"For example, there are several ways to write Jie characters, and the complicated ones can be completely deleted. For example, in the horse characters, the following four dots can be replaced by a horizontal line, and the writing is more beautiful."

"Those four dots represent the four legs of the horse. How can you run if you replace the horse with horizontal lines?" Li Gang frowned even more.

"Mr. Li's words are different. Cows and sheep have only one leg. Can they walk differently?" Yue Shan laughed.

"Haha...Okay, okay, okay, the old man is too pedantic, your idea is very good." Li Gang laughed happily.

I was persuaded so easily?Is it because you are too unprincipled or my eloquence has improved?Yue Shan was puzzled.

Li Gang seemed to understand his thoughts, and jokingly said: "Do you think I am a person who can't understand the ancients? The evolution of writing has been going on all the time. The big seal script has become the small seal script, the small seal script has become the official script, and the official script has become the current regular script running script and cursive script... ...the sages can change, and we can change naturally."

"As long as it is beneficial to promote the world, it doesn't matter if it changes."

"Mr. Li is indeed an expert with a deep heart, and the younger generation admires him. I wonder if you are willing to condescend to join the work of compiling dictionaries?" Yue Shan said.

"Haha... the old man agrees." Li Gang laughed loudly.

(End of this chapter)