Summary speech on the fourth debate on the topic "Traditional Chinese characters should not be restored"

In 1950s, the form of Chinese characters changed from complex to simple, which has been accepted by most people. I haven't heard that many people are not used to it and are not satisfied. The reform at that time also played an important role in literacy, which facilitated people to learn cultural knowledge and promoted the popularization of culture.

Character is essentially just a tool. Since it is a tool, the simpler the better. In fact, it does bring convenience to people's study and communication. It is simple to write and easy to master. Convenience is the last word, and the market mechanism also plays a role here. Even in the era of simplified Chinese characters, we often see many people in the vegetable market write "tofu" as "bean money" and "three drops of water plus nine" because of the convenience of simplified Chinese characters, but these people can't write. There are few illiterate people now, but it is convenient to write, as long as people know the meaning. What does this mean? It means that the more convenient the text is as a tool, the better.

Some people like traditional Chinese characters, which is your personal preference. You can like them yourself, as long as others can accept them. There is no need to eliminate traditional Chinese characters now.

China's square Chinese characters are very distinctive, which makes it a unique calligraphy art in the world. For calligraphy, traditional Chinese characters are more expressive and visually beautiful because of their many strokes. Some people will say, since traditional Chinese characters look good, why not restore them? These are two different things. Simplified characters are tools, and people pay attention to the content expressed in writing. Moreover, what they are exposed to now is printing, even if traditional Chinese characters are printed, there is no aesthetic feeling at all, but calligraphy is different. People pay attention to the beauty of words, and it doesn't matter what words express. The contents of many ancient calligraphy works are of little significance.

Restoring traditional Chinese characters will make most people unable to adapt. Is it necessary for college students to spend time studying now? Tools are like kitchen knives, as long as they can be chopped. Some people like to set a few diamonds on the kitchen knife. You can set them, but you can't ask everyone to set diamonds on the kitchen knife.

From complex to simple, from easy to complex, the most important thing is that it doesn't make much sense and there is no market. There are many things in our country. Don't make trouble.