【文化】网友热议：繁体中文比简体中文好吗？_风闻

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Penny Peng

I totally agree with Derek Zech. They do exist in the same time. And aesthetics are subjective, no standard here. So the question cannot be answered.

我完全同意Derek Zech的观点。它们确实存在于同一时期。而且审美是主观的,没有绝对的标准。因此这个问题无法回答。

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But why many people say this? The following is just my personal guess.

但为什么很多人会这样说呢?以下只是我个人的猜测。

Many Chinese people, no matter mainland or Taiwan or overseas Chinese were disappointed with Culture Revolution, that time, there were many temples, ancient statues, ancient books were destroyed.

无论是大陆、台湾还是海外华人,很多中国人对文革感到失望,当时有许多庙宇、古代雕像和古籍被破坏。

This gives a reason to some Taiwan and Hong Kong people to believe they hold more true or traditional Chinese culture.

这让一些台湾（地区）和香港人相信,他们比内地更能保持真正或传统的中国文化。

But Mainland China’s choosing to simplify the characters is totally different thing from Culture Revolution. China decided to simplify the characters 10 years earlier than Culture Revolution. In 1956, the plenary session of the state council already ratified the resolution of simplifying characters. (Culture Revolution is 1966–1976.)

但是大陆简化汉字与文化大革命完全是两回事。中国决定简化汉字的时间要比文革早10年,1956年,国务院全体会议就已经批准通过了简化汉字的决议。(WHDGM是1966-1976年)

It didn’t mean China abolish the traditional ones, just we standardized characters for formal use.

这并不意味着中国废除了传统汉字,只是我们将简体字标准化作为正式用字。

I didn’t think it is a bad idea, because it did adapt to that time’s situation. And in China’s history, it is common that different dynasties use slightly different characters version.

我不认为这是个坏主意,因为它确实适应了当时的形势。而在中国历史上,不同朝代使用略有不同版本的汉字是很常见的。

That statement is kind of cliche of complaining about the Culture Revolution(a mistaken blame), Chinese gov, or just China. If a person want to complain something, they usually can find reasons to complain it.

这种说法有点像是在抱怨WHDGM(一种错误归咎)、中国政府或者仅仅是中国本身的陈词滥调。如果一个人想抱怨什么,他们通常都能找到抱怨的理由。

And I don’t think They preserve better Chinese culture. We are massive country with regional diveristies. Those two small places dare to say they have the core of Chinese culture ? I’d like to say, they preserve local traditon well. Chinese culture center never moves that far, they are in mainland China all the time.

我并不认为他们能更好地保护中华文化。我们是一个地域文化多元的大国。那两个小地方怎么敢说自己拥有中华文化的核心?我想说,他们能很好地保护当地传统。中华文化的中心从未移动那么远,一直都在中国大陆。

Jia Ming Wang

Well, since the first confirmed appearance of the Chinese characters in the Shang Dynasty (商朝; 1600 BC-1046 BC), Chinese characters have gone through a long period of evolution.

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During the Shang Dynasty, the Chinese characters were designed to represent the real-life obxts.

Let’s look the example of the character 隹 (zhuī).

嗯，自从商代首次出现汉字(商代：公元前1600年至公元前1046年)，汉字经历了漫长的演变过程。

在商代，汉字的样式代表着现实生活中的物体。

让我们看看隹(zhuī)这个汉字。

In the begng (during the Shang dynasty), this character represented a bird (usually a short-tailed bird). However, it was a very complicated character. Hence, it has been simplified from time to time and the current form is 隹. This character is one of the very important Chinese character radical.

Here is a comprehensive evolution track of the character 隹 (zhuī):

在最初出现(商代)时，这个字代表一种鸟(通常指的是一种短尾鸟)。但在当时这是一个非常复杂的汉字。因此，它经历了不断的简化过程，目前的字形是隹。这个汉字是中国汉字中最重要的部首之一。

以下是隹(zhuī)这个字的完整演变过程：

Is traditional Chinese better than simplified Chinese?

This question doesn’t have a one line answer. However, the point is, the shapes of the traditional characters were close to the real-life obxts. However, they were complicated to write.

The simplified characters are simple to write. However, their shape is different and often they look very different from the real-life obxt that they are supposed to represent.

繁体中文会比简体中文好吗？

要回答这个问题，不是一句话那么简单。关键区别在于，传统汉字的字形较为接近现实生活中的物体，但写起来更为复杂。

简体字写起来很简单。但字形很不相同，看起来往往和现实生活中应该代表的物体有着很大差别。

So, should you learn the traditional Chinese characters or the simplified ones?

Well, if you plan to live in Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan, then go with the traditional. However, if you plan to live in the mainland China, then simplified characters are your best bet.

你应该学习繁体字还是简体字呢？

这么说吧，如果你打算在香港、澳门或台湾地区生活，那就选择繁体字。但如果你计划在中国大陆生活，那么简体字才是你最好的选择。