On the important role of unified simplified characters in promoting the development of Chinese civilization.

The answers of netizens are actually platitudes. I feel that simplified characters have separated China culture.

Function: The unification of characters makes it easier for people in different regions to communicate, and the simplification of characters makes it easier for people to use characters, which has greatly promoted social civilization. It is conducive to the spread of culture, economic and cultural exchanges between ethnic groups and national unity.

The evolution trend of characters:

Oracle Bone Inscriptions → bronze inscriptions → seal script (divided into big seal script and small seal script) → official script → regular script.

The general trend is from complexity to simplicity, and Chinese fonts are gradually standardized and stable. The evolution of Chinese characters can be divided into two stages: ancient Chinese characters and official scripts. In the stage of ancient Chinese characters, the evolution order of Chinese characters is Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscription, seal script and Li Qin. In the official script stage, the evolution order of Chinese characters is official script and regular script.

Official script prevailed in Han dynasty. Wei-Jin period is the transition period from official script to regular script. Regular script prevailed in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Official script and regular script are both official fonts. In the official script stage, there are auxiliary characters-cursive script and running script.

Small seal script makes the number of strokes of each word fixed; The official script forms a new pen system, and the font gradually becomes flat and square;

After the birth of regular script, the font of Chinese characters tends to be stable, and the basic strokes of "horizontal, vertical, left, point, grip, pick, hook and fold" are determined, which further standardizes the shape of strokes and fixes the number and order of strokes of each character. Because multi-line writing requires orderly arrangement, the font changes, the length and thickness of strokes are constrained to extend in the frame, the position and density of stroke distribution are also constrained, and the font structure pays attention to balance and symmetry.

The appearance of regular script has shaped the square of Chinese characters, and the font of Chinese characters has also evolved and matured. For more than a thousand years, regular script has been the standard of Chinese characters.