Chinese and Chinese Literature

Author: Zhang Weizhong (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Language is the most distinctive cultural feature of a nation. The history of a language contains the cultural code of that nation—the relationship between language and the progress of civilization. The wisdom, creativity, and richness displayed by a nation's language are proportional to the level of progress it demonstrates in all aspects of its civilization. The Chinese nation has demonstrated unparalleled immense integrative power in its millennia of historical development, and its language, along with the culture it carries, plays an irreplaceable role. Chinese is the most widely spoken language, and perhaps one of the most solitary academic fields of study when it comes to research on it. We use our language every day, yet we often overlook its current state. The "Chinese fever" is rising in many countries, where people expect to develop increasingly broad and profound connections with us through Chinese. Although we do not aim to compete with English, we must first ensure that Chinese truly becomes an attractive language—purity it, develop it—so that we and our friends around the world who love Chinese can together experience human harmony in the language.