The three views should be correct, and the driving should be stable.
——Li Sanguan
Outline of Wild History, No. 434
——Outline of Noshi——
On February 17th, a small hot search by a certain Bo, in which the topic "South Korea plans to apply for the heritage of Chinese characters", once again became the focus of controversy, which reawakened the discussion about the origin of Chinese characters.
As early as 2006, there was a lot of debate about this matter, and rumors were always up and down. The so-called no wind and no waves, no matter whether South Korea really wants to do this, but the true and false are always so rubbed, one does not pay attention, and is really worried about letting them exploit the loophole.
In recent years, the call for "cultural self-confidence" is very high, so what is "cultural self-confidence"? In my opinion, the so-called "cultural self-confidence" is to insist on developing one's own culture while not rejecting or resisting other foreign cultures.
And have enough heart and courage to accept foreign cultures and absorb their essence, so that the country's culture can continue to develop steadily and healthily.
However, some neighboring countries are lost, such as South Korea, Vietnam and other countries, their ancestors were first influenced by Han culture, and traveled thousands of miles to China to learn advanced culture and systems.
Therefore, they have written languages, they have systems, and even customs and habits have moved over. China's arrogance since ancient times is here, you don't know that you can come to me to study, even tuition fees are not charged, and even give them a large number of materials before leaving. This is the so-called "cultural self-confidence".
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Korea and Vietnam are separated from Chinese characters
However, thousands of years later, we are still opening our hearts and welcoming people from all over the world to feel and learn Chinese culture, but the surrounding small countries have an imbalanced mentality. They want to separate their culture from China's culture.
In 1948, Korea abolished Chinese characters and replaced them with the current Korean language. In 1945, Vietnam also completely abolished Chinese characters and replaced them with the current "Chinese characters".
They are desperately proving to the world that Korean culture is Korean and Vietnamese culture is Vietnamese, but can history be rewritten because of this operation?
History will only remember that since the abolition of Chinese characters in South Korea, it is impossible to tell who is who even the name on the ID card. Vietnamese couplets also use the Latin alphabet, but one of the characters has been preserved to this day.
Since the abolition of Chinese characters, there has been a wave of Chinese fever in their country, because their countrymen even have to translate their own history books to understand.
It is a bit humiliating to say that the books that record the history of their country have to be translated by others to be read and understood.
In this way, the inheritance of culture runs the risk of generations. This has led to a wave of scholars in their own countries to re-learn Chinese characters.
Tossing and turning for half a day, this for us, there is no dime of influence, anyway, the facts are facts, passed to you, and will not ask for anything, culture originally needs to spread in order to develop. They are starting to lose self-confidence.
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South Korea is confident enough to apply for the Chinese characters
South Korea changed the routine, created its own text, and this road of getting rid of the influence of Han culture did not work, so they thought of a way, that is: forehead drops, forehead drops, all forehead drops.
Apply for the heritage of customs and cultures that originally originated in China, so as to build up your own cultural self-confidence. In recent years, South Korea has indeed successfully "stolen" a number of traditional cultures.
Like the "Confucian engraving and printing woodcut" that South Korea successfully applied for, the prototype is China's "movable type printing", and the preemptively registered "Jiangling Dragon Boat Festival" is The prototype is China's "Dragon Boat Festival". There is also the "Treasure Book of Eastern Medicine" that was applied for by South Korea, which is mostly the content of traditional Chinese medicine.
Changing the name and changing the name will quietly "steal" the traditional culture of the mainland, and this wave of operations cannot be said to be unwise. Of course, since he can successfully apply for heritage, he naturally also has his own "unique" statement, otherwise how can he apply for a successful application.
The earliest claim of Korean Chinese characters can be traced back to 2006, when a stone stirred up thousands of waves, and debunked rumors, and what authoritative institutions analyzed it, anyway, it was lively.
Obviously, if they can do this, they will inevitably do not hesitate to take action, and some scholars and experts in South Korea have also taken the rhythm in public many times.
Even the Korean encyclopedia also claims that "the Korean nation is the great nation that has created the world's first-class writing", although the content on the encyclopedia is not authoritative, but just hanging on it will invisibly play the role of fish and eyes.
In April 2011, South Korean linguists Chen Xiatai publicly stated in South Korea: "Chinese characters are not Chinese characters, they were created by their ancestors, the Dongyi people." Even Confucius became a descendant of the Eastern Yi Yin Kingdom, and according to this statement, Confucianism became theirs.
This degree is surprisingly consistent with the content of the Korean encyclopedia, the general trend. This matter does not seem to be as simple as "pranks", they are subtly driving this wave of rhythm.
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What is the argument for the Korean kanji
If you want to apply for heritage, you must prove that "Chinese characters" were created by Koreans, and simply taking the rhythm in South Korea will not play its due role.
At the very least, the South Korean authorities will have to come up with evidence that can stand up to scrutiny, and there is no dime in the world with just one mouth.
After understanding, the argument this time is really a bit lame, and the answer lies in the Dongyi people. The earliest Chinese characters are oracle bones, which appeared during the Shang Dynasty.
The founders of the Shang Dynasty are also a Shang clan of the Dongyi people, and the ancestors of Korea are the Dongyi people, so they naturally believe that chinese characters were also created by the ancestors of koreans.
If you are a Westerner who does not understand the history and culture of the East, it is easy to confuse this matter. First of all, the founders of the Shang Dynasty were the Shang people who originated in the Shandong region.
The Chinese characters are the characters created by the ancients when they produced and lived from the Land of China, and have been evolving and precipitating in the Land of China, and finally forming the Chinese characters used step by step.
Its form and writing are always changing, which is also a kind of progress in itself. After so many years of development, all ethnic groups have long taken root and sprouted in the land of China and merged into one.
Therefore, Chinese characters are not the credit of one person, but the common cultural crystallization of the people of all ethnic groups in the Land of China. It is not just a way to recognize ancestors and return to the ancestors, using false statements to recognize an ancestor, you can label the civilization produced by my Chinese land as your own.
This lame argument does not stand up to any scrutiny. Moreover, Korea was still a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty, and from this, the conclusion may be more interesting.
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postscript
Having said all this, the conclusion that comes out is that it is not confident, culture is growing in development, through various means, labeling itself is its own? Not necessarily.
Therefore, it is still necessary to respect history, respect culture, national culture and self-confidence in the growth, not in this way, the road should not go astray.