Current Chinese character standardization issues

Author: Gao Gengsheng
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book discusses the basic theories of Chinese characters, studies the nature, scope, significance, and principles of the standardization of Chinese characters, and specifically researches and discusses the relevant norms and character tables of simplified characters, variant characters, new forms of characters, variant pronunciations, variant forms of characters, and the ordering of Chinese characters issued after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It also points out the specific methods and approaches for learning and mastering the aforementioned norms and character tables. This book discusses the nature, form, and structure of Chinese characters, and focuses on these controversial issues, conducting serious discussions. It also appends two simplified character schemes issued by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China in 1935 and the Committee of Chinese Character Reform in 1977.