Collection 3 of Qian Xuantong's Works (Character Reform and the National Language Movement)

Author: Qian Xuantong
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Publish Date: 1999-05-01
Features: This book is the third volume of Qian Xuantong's collected works, focusing on the reform of Chinese characters and the National Language Movement. Contents include: Preface to Gao Yuan's The Science of National Sounds, Postscript to Liu Fu's Summary of the Four Tones Experiment, Phonetic Alphabet and Modern National Language, Postscript to Liu Fu's A Major Point of Contention in the National Language Issue, Appendix: A Major Point of Contention in the National Language Issue, The Chinese Character Revolution, Proposal to Simplify the Strokes of Current Chinese Characters, Li Jinhui's Proposal to Abolish Chinese Characters and Adopt a New Phonetic Script with Postscript, Appendix: Proposal to Abolish Chinese Characters and Adopt a New Phonetic Script, Two Types of National Language Alphabet, Appendix to Hu Shi's Foreword to the "Chinese Character Reform Issue", Appendix: Foreword to the "National Language Monthly" Chinese Character Reform Issue, The Evolution of Classical Chinese, An Urgent Letter, Discussion on the Differentiation of the Words "He" and "They," Proposal to Organize the "National Language Romanization Committee," Li Jinhui's Proposal to the Ministry of Education to Mandate the Use of New Script in Schools with Postscript, Appendix: Proposal to the Ministry of Education to Mandate the Use of New Script in Schools, Remarks on Xu Xiuwu's National Language Alphabet Penmanship Method, Private Remarks on the Chinese Character Revolution and the Phonetic Notation of National Songs and Ballads, Advertisement for The National Language Weekly, Preface to the Launch of The National Language Weekly, On the Phonetic Alphabet Chinese Character Dictionary.