Saint of the Confucian way

"Please advise Mr. Fang." Zeng yuan completely lost the momentum of his previous argument with Fang Yun.

Fangyun Road: "Everything has a core. When ordinary people buy houses, their core needs are different. Some people want to buy houses surrounded by green trees, some people want to buy houses in the center of the city, some people want to buy cheap houses, and some people want to buy street shops for rent. Another example, the core of the long gun is to kill the enemy, the core of the shield is to protect, and so on. So, do you think the core of the text What is it? "

Zeng yuan's momentum has been laid down by Fang Yun's words before. He hesitated for a long time and said, "students' understanding of the core may be different from yours. In students' opinion, the most important place of words is to express meaning."

Fang Yun nodded and said: "You're right, but in a more comprehensive way, the core of words is instrumentality. The Terran has language first and then words. Language itself is a tool and the most basic tool for communication. Words are also a tool to carry information and enable us to communicate accurately. But words are not only instrumental, but also artistic. For example, calligraphy can show people The ultimate beauty of words. However, artistry is only a secondary characteristic of words, far less than the core. Can you understand? "

"Students understand," Zeng said.

"The development of Terran characters has been enhancing their instrumentality. For example, Zhong Dingwen is very simple, but it is too simple to carry effective information, so the Terran continues to complicate it and has the big seal. In the Qin Dynasty, in order to facilitate the Terran to learn characters and be more practical, the Qin emperor and Li Si simplified the big seal and created the small seal. Then, the Terran continued to strengthen the work of small seal But the small seal script is inconvenient to write, and the font is complex, so there is an official script that is easier to write. It is difficult to study where the official script comes from, but there are historical records. It is the officials who often use characters in the government who really implement the official script. They have to write a large number of characters every day, and they know the advantages and disadvantages of the two characters best. "

"Did Xiaozhuan disappear completely after it was replaced by Lishu? Did the Terrans create Lishu to destroy Xiaozhuan? No. This is the uniqueness of Chinese characters, not only instrumental, but also artistic. Although Xiaozhuan is an obsolete tool, it has beautiful characters and is deeply loved by calligraphers, so the core of Xiaozhuan has changed from instrumental to artistic, which is more suitable for calligraphy works Or seals, rather than exchanging information. Therefore, the current small seal is not so much a tool for carrying information as a tool for carrying beauty. It is no longer necessary for the general public to master it. Only those who like calligraphy and seals need to master it. "

"Only by knowing what to give up, change and accept can we make progress. Creatures who are complacent will be eliminated by the world. The translocation of the Lord of the world is the best example."

"Students are taught," Zeng Yuandao said.

Fang Yun continued: "Why are official script replaced by regular script? It is generally accepted that the writing of official script is flawed and the strokes are lack of coherence, which affects the fluency of writing. This is very fatal to the core instrumental text, so regular script with more reasonable strokes is replaced. Moreover, the artistry of official script is also flawed, that is, the text structure is too simple and regular script is more square, More in line with the aesthetic and concept of the human race. "

"Due to the inconvenience of small seal characters, the Terrans gradually tend to official script; due to the inconvenience of official script, the Terrans gradually tend to regular script. Now, there is an irreversible trend in Shengyuan mainland, that is, clerks and calligraphers around the Terrans began to use common characters derived from calligraphy works or created by predecessors. For no other reason, many common characters have the advantages of normal characters, but they are simpler and more tolerant Easy writing can often double the writing efficiency of clerks and clerks! I just ask, now the Terran is in danger. In order to spread information faster, do you think it is more reasonable to use complex traditional characters, or simple common characters? "

Zeng yuan smiled helplessly and said, "I really like regular characters better, but since the times need, it is more reasonable to use common characters. Although I am stubborn, I am not a fool."

"Easy to write quickly is not the biggest advantage of colloquial characters. The biggest advantage of colloquial characters is easy to learn!"

Fang Yun's tone was very flat, but Zeng yuan was stunned, and then his face changed slightly.

Fang Yun smiled and said: "It seems that you have understood the reason why I compared you with Lu Zhan before. People's ability is limited, time is limited, and energy is limited. Let me take Lu Zhan as an example. Lu Zhan's body and mind are not as good as you, learning time is not as good as you, and energy is not as good as you. In a more intuitive way, Lu Zhan learned a lot of poems and articles at the land exhibition, and accumulated a lot of positive characters At least five years have passed since the time of five thousand. And you can accumulate five thousand Chinese characters by studying for three years at most. In other words, the enlightenment Zeng Yuandao: "It really doesn't make any difference. Let me give you the simplest example. It takes Lu Zhan three days to completely remember 100 Chinese characters. It takes about two days to completely remember 100 common characters. If a person who never forgets a hundred words takes only 100 interest to remember one word at a time. When he remembers 100 common characters, it takes almost one interest It takes about 100 interest to live in one character. By changing from traditional Chinese characters to common Chinese characters, the gap between Lu Zhan and those who never forget will be significantly narrowed. "

Fang Yunxi's first way: "Colloquial characters are easier to write and remember than traditional characters. At the same time, they are easier to identify and faster to read. People's minds need to spend energy in identifying characters. The simpler the characters, the less energy they spend. The more complex the characters, the more experience they spend. The gap between a traditional character and a colloquial character is very small, but life is dozens of years In, these gaps will accumulate and will be very huge. "

Zeng yuan continued to nod.

"You also know that as long as the Terrans study, even if they don't have talent, even if they don't have a literary position, they will dissipate their strength after death because of what they learned during their lifetime, which will make the Shengyuan continent more vigorous, the holy academy more talented, and it will be easier for later scholars to master their talent. The strength of talent after death will not increase because they can learn common characters rather than normal characters, but because they can master them More knowledge increases. "

Zeng yuan still nodded.

"Well, if a person learns to use colloquial characters, he will learn more time, write faster and read faster. Naturally, he will get more knowledge than using regular characters, and finally make a greater contribution to the human race. Most colloquial characters do not break away from regular characters, but make them easier to use and more instrumental. Then, why don't we use colloquial characters instead Continue to use the current orthography? "

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