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Before the Qin Shi Huang unified the six nations, every nation had its own language. If not for the fact that the Qin Shi Huang had the same track as well as the same books and the same rules as well, who knows how many races and countries would have evolved on this piece of land in the east.
It was said that before the Qin Shi Huang united the six kingdoms, Ying Zheng had his men hang up a big word in the palace of the King of Qin — — The Sword. The King of Qin, Ying Zheng, told his warriors: ”This word 'sword' has twenty-eight ways of writing.
”We made the helper and the Pitiful Moslems speak Mandarin, take their names, and recognize their characters as Chinese not only for the sake of convenience, but also for the sake of making them recognize themselves as Chinese from the depths of their hearts. If it was only to get the approval of their leaders, once the imperial court weakened, those ambitious leaders would want to make a move and lead their people to rebel, bringing about a disaster for the Han nationality. ”
Since ancient times, many tribes had succumbed to the Han nationality. However, when the big sized man weakened, or when there was internal strife, they would pounce on him and bite him ruthlessly, causing deep pain to the Han nationality. The most important reason was that these clans had not been assimilated, and did not have any sense of identity towards the Han nationality.
”Lord General is right.” Although Zhang Banxian was unable to understand the vicissitudes of history that Yang Lin had mentioned, he still agreed to Qin Shi Huang's strategy. However, he was also worried: ”It's just that our Chinese characters are too difficult. I've read for so many years, and there are many Chinese characters that I don't recognize. If you want to promote Chinese characters in helper, Pitiful Moslems, how many teachers would you have to send, how long would it take, and how much would you have to spend?! ”
Regarding this, Yang Lin felt the same way. He was also highly educated and could not read a lot of words, especially in the Three Kingdoms' era. Most of the script were more like the Heavenly Book, and he did not recognize most of them. Until now, he still had to write orders and letters on his behalf.
Yang Lin could not help but think of what Lu Xun had said before: In addition to the limitations of our status and economy, our Chinese characters also have to add another limitation — — Difficult. However, it would not be easy to cross this threshold if it did not take more than ten years to do so.
”Yan Liang, Wen Chou, the two of you have also read some books, how many words can you two read?” Yang Lin turned his head and asked with a smile.
”To be honest, Lord General, I did not read well. I have not counted the number of words I know, but I can only understand Master's orders.” Yan Liang laughed and said embarrassedly.
”Hehe …” Me too, I can't read all those books printed in the Lord General, so I can't read a lot of words. ” Wen Chou scratched his head and laughed honestly.
”Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, what about you two?” Yang Lin became more and more depressed, and asked Zhao Hong and Han Zhong.
”Reporting to the Lord General, I have never read a book, I only recognize my own name.” Zhao Hong felt even more embarrassed, and his face also flushed red.
”Reporting to the Lord General, I have never read any books. I do not even recognize my own name.” Han Zhong lowered his head, not daring to look at Yang Lin.
This was truly a tragedy of Chinese characters! It was also a tragedy for the nation!
No matter what, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhao Hong, Han Zhong and the rest were all elites of the Han nationality, but they were all unfamiliar with the words written by the big size man. If the language of a people could not be controlled by the majority of the people of that people, and even the rulers of that people could not use it well, then this writing would hinder the development of the people of that country.
”You guys don't have to be embarrassed. Although I've read for many years, I don't recognize a lot of Chinese characters. This at least means that our Chinese characters are too difficult, difficult to recognize, difficult to remember and difficult to write, which prevents us from mastering and using Chinese characters. More importantly, the main purpose of our study is to understand and transform the world, but we spend our time and energy on understanding and understanding these complex Chinese characters. ”
What they did not know was that it was precisely because of the difficulty of Chinese characters that reading and learning could only become a privilege for a few people. It was obvious that he had spent a lot of effort to learn the Chinese characters and knew the hardships involved. However, once he mastered the Chinese characters, he would say the words' good 'about the Chinese characters and would no longer think about the difficulties of those who had yet to master the Chinese characters. What's more, some people master difficult Chinese characters and think themselves superior to others, showing a sense of superiority.
The purpose of most of these scholars' studies was to become an official. They only knew how to read Kong Meng's classic, and the knowledge they had gained through the so-called Ten Years Freezing Window was these old antiques. Or play some beautiful word games, literature is more developed than ever.
However, there are not many scholars to study, explore science and technology, and disseminate scientific and cultural knowledge. Even the four great inventions that the Chinese people are proud of are the work of the people themselves in the production practice, but they have skills and no knowledge, and they have nothing to do with scholars! China has the oldest bridges in the world, but there is always no bridge, the world's oldest buildings, but has never created architecture. Moreover, the current situation of TCM was still the same. Sometimes it is able to cure the disease, but it cannot be explained from the physiological and pharmacological aspects of the human body.
Thinking about the difficulty of being able to read in the future, Yang Lin suddenly had an idea. With the power of an Overlord, the Qin Shi Huang could unify the characters. Why couldn't he use the power of his current power to promote Chinese pinyin schemes, punctuation marks, and Arabic numerals? At the very least, it could be used in the areas it occupied.