Standardize the history of characters

2- 1 century BC, Chinese characters appeared in the western regions. In 60 BC, the Han Dynasty established Duhu Prefecture in the Western Regions, and the Chinese language was also used and spread in the Western Regions. Since then, Chinese has become an essential official language for all countries in the Western Regions. In the Tang Dynasty, Chinese became not only the common language of local governments in the Western Regions, but also the language that people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions consciously studied. During the reign of Western Liao Dynasty, Chinese was further spread. In the Yuan Dynasty, scholars who advocated learning the laws of China and using the language and characters of China have produced many famous scholars who are proficient in the language and characters of China. During the Ming Dynasty, Chinese continued to spread in the western regions. After the Qing Dynasty unified the western regions, Manchu was used in official activities, while Chinese was mainly used. In the late Qing Dynasty, with the increasing number of Han people, Chinese and Chinese characters were gradually widely used in the western regions. Subsequently, Chinese language gradually became the common language of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.

For modern Chinese, standardized Chinese characters include two parts: ordered simplified characters and disordered simplified characters. Simplified Chinese characters refer to the modern Chinese character specifications officially promulgated in the form of word lists with the approval of the State Council or the competent national authorities. Unclassified simplified characters refer to the inherited characters handed down from history that are not simplified or need to be simplified, such as people, mountains, Sichuan, Japan, water and fire.

What's the difference between standardized Chinese characters and Chinese characters?

Standardized Chinese characters and Chinese characters are not the same concept. Chinese characters are the characters that record Chinese. It has a history of more than 6,000 years, and now Chinese characters have evolved from Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Jinwen. In different historical periods, it has formed various forms of expression, coexisting in today's real life and being used by people. Standardized Chinese characters are formed by sorting and simplifying Chinese characters after the founding of New China. The standard of Chinese characters was promulgated and implemented by the State Council.

What is the focus of the country's implementation of standardized Chinese characters?

The key points of the national standardization of Chinese characters are: Chinese characters for school education and teaching, Chinese characters for official business, Chinese characters for media such as press and publication, radio, film and television, signs in public places, propaganda slogans and advertisements.

What is the standardization of Chinese characters?

The so-called standardization of Chinese characters refers to the determination of various standards for the application of Chinese characters according to the law of the development of Chinese characters and the needs of social communication, and the fixation and popularization of new components and usages that conform to the law of the development of Chinese characters; We should properly handle the unnecessary differences and usages that do not conform to the development law of Chinese characters, so that Chinese characters can better serve social exchanges and modernization.