When did China change traditional Chinese characters into simplified ones?

For the first time, the simplified Chinese character scheme and word list were officially announced by the government and successfully implemented. It is a simplified Chinese character scheme announced by the people of China and the State Council in 1956, and finally a simplified Chinese character list is worked out. We are now using the simplified word summary reissued by 1986.

The national common languages are Mandarin and standard Chinese characters. Standardized Chinese characters can be divided into two parts, namely, inherited characters and simplified characters. Inherited characters refer to the characters that have been handed down from history and have the same font, while simplified characters refer to the characters collected from the masses and published by the relevant government agencies.

1In August, 935, the Ministry of Education of the National Government published the first list of simplified Chinese characters, which included 324 popular folk characters, ancient Chinese characters and cursive characters. However, due to disputes, the first list of simplified characters was withdrawn in February of the following year.

The first list of simplified characters published by the Ministry of Education of Nanjing National Government in 1935 received 324 simplified characters, and the summary of simplified characters re-published in 1986 received 2235 simplified characters.

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Traditional Chinese characters are just the past forms of simplified Chinese characters. As far as font form is concerned, traditional Chinese characters do carry some cultural elements that simplified Chinese characters do not have. However, from Oracle Bone Inscriptions to Jinwen, the evolution and evolution of Chinese characters always inevitably lose some good things in the sense of philology and history, as well as traditional Chinese characters to simplified Chinese characters.

But from another perspective, simplified Chinese characters also carry cultural elements that traditional Chinese characters do not have. In essence and function, both traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters belong to interpersonal and social communication tools and are carriers of culture and civilization. Both simplified and traditional Chinese characters can inherit Chinese civilization.

Chinese civilization, including the whole human civilization, has evolved to this day, in fact, there is a process of deleting the complex and simplifying it. People like to live a free life and don't like to be bound by red tape. Simple values are also in line with the human spirit of pursuing simplicity and purity. It can be said that simplicity is the high realm of life and the high realm pursued by civilization.

Moreover, compared with traditional Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters are easier to remember, learn and write. Simplified Chinese characters, as an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use tool, can better help people understand and be familiar with China culture, thus better inheriting and popularizing Chinese civilization. Whether as a carrier of civilization or as an expression tool, the evolution from traditional Chinese characters to simplified Chinese characters is only a change in the form and appearance of carriers and tools, and will not damage or reduce the connotation of civilization.

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