Should-we-revive-traditional-Chinese-characters-or

ShouldwerevivetraditionalChinesecharactersorcontinueusingsimplifiedcharacters?TherehasbeenalotofdebateovertheacceptabilityofsimplifiedChinesecharactersrecently.Supportersholdthattheyaremorepracticalnowadaysandcanalsopreserveandpromotetraditionalculture.Butnoteveryonetakesitappropriate.culturally,itwillpreventusfrominheritingtraditionalculture;politically,revivingtraditionalcharacterspromotesnationalunity.However,IthinkconstantsimplificationofChinesecharacterscouldnotbereversedinviewofthepracticalityadaptabilitytocontemporarysocietyandnoveltyofourvigoroustraditionalculture.Firstly,aslanguage,Chinesecharactersappearedinpurposeofhelpinginterpersonalcommunication.Asatool,themorepracticalandconvenientitis,themorebeneficialitis.Then,intoday’ssociety,efficiencymattersmost.Forexample,comparedwithpeersinancienttimewhomajoredintraditionalChinese,studentsstrugglingoverarangeofsubjectsnowadayshavenotenoughtimetolearncomplicatedtraditionalcharacters.Bycontrast,simplificationonesmeetstheneedsofmoderneducationbetter.Itseemsthesamestoryinotherrespectofoursociety.Finally,thekeytoflourishingourChinesetraditionalculture,liesinnovelchanges.SimplificationofChinesecharactersillustratessuchchangewell.Althoughitmayhavelessaestheticvaluethantraditionalones,itwillnotbeweakenedinculturalfunctionandeasiertolearnanduse,whichissurelyakindofculturalprogress.Allinall,simplifiedChinesecharacterswillcreatemorechanceforChineseculturetoflourishinthefuture.