#2023年度创作挑战#
There is no reference book more special than a dictionary.
A thick dictionary that carries the memories of many generations.
It can not only help us solve the problems of reading and writing, but also record the rich national culture, which plays an important role in the enlightenment stage of teenagers.
As a result, we have always been highly sensitive to the content of such publications.
Recently, the indictment of "Xinhua Dictionary" has caused a lot of uproar, which has made netizens very worried.
The two bloggers who filed the lawsuit said that the Xinhua Dictionary was suspected of misinterpreting the meaning of the words in a number of places.
For example, the word "Wako" is only used as "called Japan in ancient times", and there is no longer any explanation, as if the criminal acts of the Wako are written off.
Another example is the dictionary word for "toying" is "toying with women", and when explaining "cumbersome", it says "children are troublesome".
These words and phrases are inevitably a bit disrespectful and unobjective.
In this regard, some netizens expressed their very support, thinking that the new version of the dictionary is indeed imperfect.
As adults, we have received compulsory education, and when we meet words we don't know, we can ask Baidu directly, and forget about one after checking, without seeking much understanding.
However, teenagers and children have a small amount of knowledge and insufficient ability to distinguish, and they are easily misled by the mixed content on the Internet.
They need a dictionary with detailed meanings and authoritative explanations to form basic language literacy.
This is also why, the first volume of the first grade Chinese of the people's education version has always retained the chapter of "looking up the dictionary", and many teachers have never been sloppy in the teaching of this lesson.
It can be seen that the status of the dictionary is still irreplaceable.
However, some netizens have a different opinion, they feel that suing "Xinhua Dictionary" is purely a farce.
The dictionary itself is not an encyclopedia, and it certainly cannot be exhaustive. Just list the basic meaning of a word to ensure that it is easy to look up the word and reduce the difficulty of people's understanding.
What's more, almost all dictionaries on the market do not have illustrations, and people are most likely "looking at the text".
When encountering controversial explanations and example sentences, if the person reading the words themselves does not use their brains, how can they have inappropriate associations?
From this point of view, the bloggers who sued "Xinhua Dictionary" are really "touching porcelain", and the netizens who support them are also on the platform?
Just as the two sides were arguing, a netizen dug out the old Xinhua dictionary at home and checked the suspected controversial entries one by one.
This comparison is really the key to finding the problem!
In the old version, the word "倭", which was criticized the most by netizens, also did not use a full page to repeat it.
On the contrary, there is no need for impassioned words, no need for slogan-style appeals, and only a few sentences summarize that indelible period of national history.
But any Chinese with a heart, even if he only reads it once, can taste strength and firmness from it.
And everyday words like "toying" and "tired" didn't use any awkward examples in the old version.
Obviously, there are a large number of ready-made collocations like "playing with toys" and "playing with means", but the new version of the dictionary has discarded those that are appropriate, leaving the only one that is difficult for people to accept.
In recent years, the "Xinhua Dictionary" has continuously included new words on the Internet, which has become a hot topic.
"Fans", "Selling cute", "Likes", "Swiping the screen", ......
This kind of trendy words, which were originally born on the Internet, have also been widely used by people and "promoted" to officially recognized Chinese words.
This change reflects the vigorous development of the Chinese language, as well as the openness and tolerance of linguists in dealing with specific vocabulary.
There is no doubt that this view of keeping up with the times is worthy of recognition.
However, some issues are principles, attitudes, and there can be no ambiguity!
If we want to give a dictionary a new lease of life, we should give it a stamp of the times.
However, if you want to accept these new things, you have to sacrifice old content that has special value, which is tantamount to putting the cart before the horse, and making the revision of the dictionary meaningless.
It's not that we don't allow derogatory terms to appear in the dictionary, but we hope that the editors will be more considerate of the people who use it, be more cautious, and be more flexible.
Now, if no one wants to say no to this loss......
In the future, who knows what we will lose?
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