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Criticism of Chen Mengjia by fellow scholars
Reading on the history of simplified characters I came across a small book called 1957年文字改革辩论选辑 (Shanghai: Xin zhishi, 1958) which contains a series of articles from contemporary periodicals about the writing reform. I was surprised to find two vicious articles … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, archaeology, Chinese writing, History of scholarship
Tagged archaeology, Chen Mengjia, Intellectual history
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