The Study Of The Vernacular Boom In The Late Qing Dynasty

Between the late 19th century and early 20th century era of the late Qing Dynasty, due to the impact of the modernization process and the grave national peril, there has been such a boom in colloquial Chinese as a cultural movement.The reason of the emergence of the boom in colloquial Chinese is that the literatural evolutionary and the needs of the people. Upsurge in both the vernacular Huang Zunxian "language and writing are the same" said ,Liang Chi-chao, "Style As the saying goes," said, Qiu Tingliang"vernacular-oriented", such as that put forward the theory of expertise, the new style as a wide range of applications, issuing a large number of vernacular newspaper practice, and also appeared in both the vernacular notes, vernacular materials, vernacular novels and so on. It can be described as a boom in beginning understanding of the formation of the vernacular, and the using of the vernacular language .Huangzunxian, Liang Qichao and QiuTingliang, ChenRonggun advocates theoryies for the first. Huang as a poet, diplomats, politicians of the late Qing Dynasty, the early times of experience and extensive contacts with foreign culture, making him aware of the language of reform are the needs for China.He first proposed the " language and writing are the same " theory, and there are concrete steps, not only is Liang Chi-chao, but also QiuTingliang reform beam style, the guidance of the road to the vernacular, but also made 54 during Hu's theory of evolution point of view of literature, of poetry advocacy movement has enlightening. The late Qing vernacular writing clearly is a progressive thinker QiuTingliang. He discussed in detail the eight benefits of vernacular , full proof-based vernacular. In addition, Chen et al gun advocates say that the press should be simple to use. These theories proposed for the emergence of the vernacular to provide guidance.However, at this time, the real transition of paving the way is the new language style advocating by Liangqichao. "This new style, not saying to avoid slang, so that ancient vernacular so that the distance between the literary style is closer to the vernacular, this is the first step in the vernacular literature movement, is the first step in the revolution literature."The widespread use of the new style, has shaken the status of the literary style, and vernacular language barriers removed Cheong Hang, vernacular newspaper, vernacular materials, vernacular fiction and more gradually in the community up. The new style and opened the gates of the late Qing dynasty the vernacular boom.Boom in the late Qing dynasty the vernacular of the most important aspect is the emergence of vernacular newspaper. Newspapers have a popular and easy to spread, in order to provide rapid development of vernacular media, as well as in the vernacular as a tool for political, cultural, public education and publicity.Vernacular newspaper vernacular movement also provided a key player to the practice of vernacular writing space, has an important impact.Boom in the late Qing dynasty the vernacular of the participants in the large number of reformers, revolutionaries, the Manchu government have the instrumental use of vernacular, popular people of the Enlightenment, the Enlightenment thinking of the late Qing dynasty the vernacular is the most important feature of wave.The late Qing period, because at the initial stage of vernacular movement, with regard to the use of language still exist the phenomenon of white text, at the time of the use of classical or vernacular has been controversy. These characteristics and related analysis of the reasons for the development of modern literature, and culture are directly linked to progress and far-reaching impact. In addition, the upsurge of the late Qing and modern Chinese vernacular movement, although May 4th movement of the 1919 have the attitude, the effectiveness of the different, but it is undeniable that a transmission of the two. Whether it is similar in theory to take, or the practice of the exercise of running a newspaper, as well as public acceptance of the vernacular as evidenced by both transmission.As Zhu said: "(Mandarin) if the source should start from the end of the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the vernacular language of the letter campaign and since the movement is in the cradle of Chinese sports."In general, the late Qing dynasty the vernacular boom is an important ideological and cultural movement end of the Qing Dynasty, from the time the effectiveness and impact on future generations, it has reached the end, was a successful movement of ideas and cultures.