The vernacular movement mainly originated in China at the end of the Qing Dynasty. With the rise of the Westernization Movement and the reform of 1898, some philosophers began to advocate vernacular, believing that vernacular could better convey their thoughts and ideas and help promote cultural exchanges and progress. One of the most famous advocates was Liang Qichao, who published many articles in New Youth magazine advocating vernacular writing. He had also written the books " Journey of Kang Cui " and " Collection of Ice Drinking Rooms ", which used a large number of vernacular writings. The vernacular movement had a profound impact on the development of Chinese literature and culture, and became one of the important tools of the cultural revolution in the early 20th century.
The one who advocated vernacular writing was Song Yingxing, a writer from the Ming Dynasty. In the early 16th century, he advocated the use of vernacular writing to oppose the traditional classical Chinese writing. This vernacular writing was also known as the "Da Bai Hua". It was an easy to understand language form that laid the foundation for later literary works.
The first person to initiate the vernacular in China was Lang Maoshan of the Ming Dynasty. He created the first vernacular writing, The Madman's Diary, around 1600. This article, which described the story of a crazy man, was regarded as the pioneer of vernacular writing.
The founder of the vernacular was Liang Qichao of the Qing Dynasty. Liang Qichao was a well-known ideologist, educating scholar and revolutionary. He played an important role in the vernacular movement and proposed the idea of the "New Culture Movement" to promote the development of modern Chinese culture.
The vernacular was created by Lin Shu, a literary researcher and translator in the late Qing Dynasty. In the late 19th century, he reformed classical Chinese and old vernacular Chinese, creating a new form of writing. The characteristics of vernacular Chinese were concise, clear, and easy to understand, which could better adapt to the needs of society at that time. Lin Shu believed that classical Chinese was too cumbersome to express modern thoughts, while old vernacular Chinese was too oral to read and study. Therefore, he created a new form of writing that not only maintained the charm of classical Chinese but also met the reading needs of modern readers. This was the vernacular. The rise of the vernacular was closely related to the social background at that time. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China was faced with the invasion of foreign powers, the corruption of the feudal system, social unrest, and many other problems. The people's living standards declined, and the cultural and educational industries stagnated. In this case, vernacular could better express the needs of the people, better transmit social information and promote social progress. In addition, the creation and promotion of vernacular by Lin Shu and others also laid the foundation for the development of vernacular.
In modern times, Lu Xun, Hu Shi, and others strongly advocated vernacular Chinese. How about their writing standards in classical Chinese? Lu Xun and Hu Shi were both important representatives of modern Chinese literature. They advocated the vernacular movement in literature, which had a far-reaching impact on the development of modern Chinese literature. Although they advocated vernacular Chinese, they still retained some of the characteristics and styles of classical Chinese in their writing. Lu Xun's writing in classical Chinese was very good. In his novels and prose works, he often used classical Chinese vocabulary and sentence patterns to express profound thoughts and feelings. His writings in classical Chinese were concise, poetic and philosophical, and were deeply loved by readers. Hu Shi's classical Chinese writing was also very outstanding. His academic papers and prose works often used classical Chinese to show his love and respect for traditional culture. His writings in classical Chinese were concise and lively, full of rhythm and rhythm. He often used some beautiful words and sentences to give people artistic enjoyment. Although Lu Xun and Hu Shi's classical Chinese writing level was very high, but under the promotion of the vernacular, their classical Chinese writing was also affected to a certain extent, gradually losing some of the characteristics and style of classical Chinese. However, their works still had high literary and artistic value and became classics of modern Chinese literature.
The vernacular was proposed at the end of the Qing Dynasty with the rise of the New Culture Movement. At that time, many scholars believed that the traditional classical Chinese was outdated and could not adapt to the needs of modern communication, so they advocated the use of vernacular Chinese. The characteristics of vernacular writing were concise, clear, easy to understand, and better able to express thoughts and emotions.
Hu Shi was one of the pioneers of the vernacular movement. In 1913, he published the "Manifest of the Vernacular Literature Movement" and proposed the concept of "literary revolution", advocating the replacement of classical Chinese with vernacular Chinese, laying the foundation for the modern Chinese literature.
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It is difficult to determine who was the first person to write vernacular Chinese because the definition of vernacular Chinese refers to people who use modern Chinese vocabulary and grammar to express old cultural ideas or stories. During the Qing Dynasty, a man named Qian Xuantong wrote a book called Collection of Fictions, which contained a large number of vernacular novels and was regarded as the pioneer of modern vernacular novels. However, because the definition of vernacular was not widely accepted at that time, Qian Xuantong could not be considered the first person to write vernacular.