- PII
- S0131-28120000621-8-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S20000621-8-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 2
- Pages
- 176-182
- Abstract
- Interaction between Wenyan and Baihua has a long history, elements of the Vernacular Chinese started to appear in fiction already in the middle ages. After the Xinhai revolution and the May Fourth Movement, the Baihuawen Movement has began. During this period, Vernacular language has actively infiltrated into all spheres of life, there was a huge amount of literature written in Baihua. However, there were also the opponents of Baihua. We can distinguish multiple phases in the struggle between Wenyan and Baihua and in the development of the Fugu Movement in 1917-1934. Wenyan long have prevailed in official documents and also partly in education and press. By the middle of the century, Baihua replaced Wenyan in written communication, but elements of it are now widely represented in Chinese texts.
- Keywords
- BAIHUA, LITERARY LANGUAGE, MAY FOURTH MOVEMENT, FUGU MOVEMENT
- Date of publication
- 01.03.2012
- Year of publication
- 2012
- Number of purchasers
- 1
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- 728