When did lowercase letters and simplified characters first appear?

In short, Xiao Zhuan was used by Qin people. Traditional regular script evolved from official script in Han Dynasty and matured in Wei and Jin Dynasties. So far, it has been used in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, South Korea, Chinese mainland and special occasions. Simplified Chinese characters have existed throughout the ages, but they are all based on traditional Chinese characters. Both the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Republic of China promoted simplified characters, but the popularization rate was not high. After the establishment of Cui government, simplified Chinese characters were forced to be implemented, and the simplified Chinese characters officially entered the historical stage and became the standard Chinese characters.

It is wrong to write fine print in TV plays if it is about the Han Dynasty and before. As for writing simplified Chinese characters, it is understandable if they appear occasionally. After all, many simplified characters have existed since ancient times. It would be a joke if the whole text was simplified.

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By the way, regarding the evolution of Chinese characters, Oracle Bone Inscriptions dominated the Shang Dynasty, and bronze inscriptions dominated the Western Zhou Dynasty. The Spring and Autumn Period is similar to the Western Zhou Dynasty, but the characters of the six countries have their own characteristics. During the Warring States period, princes competed for supremacy, and the characters were irregular and varied. Each country has its own distinctive features, among which the characters of Qin are conservative, retaining many styles of the characters of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period. After the establishment of the Qin Dynasty, the national characters were unified with Xiao Zhuan as the standard font. At the same time, official script gradually began to circulate as a practical font.

The official script of the Han Dynasty began to mature and gradually occupied the position of unified governance. Cao Zhang's invention. The maturity of official script marks the transition of China characters from ancient script to modern script. The appearance of lower case in Wei and Jin Dynasties gradually replaced official script as the mainstream font.

Japanese 1946' s List of Using Chinese Characters simplifies 13 1 Chinese characters. 53 of them are the same as the simplified characters of Chinese mainland later.

19⑥ In 4 years, Chinese mainland introduced simplified characters, and summarized the simplified characters, handwritten characters and typos that appeared in previous dynasties, replacing the characters with complicated strokes as standard fonts, which are still in use today.

From 1969 to 1976, Singapore promulgated the revised version of Simplified Chinese Characters Summary, which was finally consistent with Chinese mainland Simplified Chinese Characters.

Chinese in Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, Korea and overseas basically insist on using traditional Chinese characters as regular Chinese characters.