{"id":792,"date":"2023-10-21T00:36:19","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T07:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farfromchina.com\/?p=792"},"modified":"2023-10-21T00:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T07:36:21","slug":"learning-traditional-chinese-after-simplified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farfromchina.com\/2023\/10\/21\/learning-traditional-chinese-after-simplified\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Traditional Chinese After Simplified"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I calculated that 98 per cent of the world now uses Simplified Chinese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And yet I chose to go to Taiwan to learn Chinese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apparently, the university where I studied Chinese saw an influx of students because China’s borders were closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s why I decided to go to Taiwan.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n National Taiwan Normal University had people from all over. India, Europe, the Americas and various parts of Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Among these students from all over the world, a good number started by learning Simplified Chinese. Diving headfirst into Traditional Chinese because of this detour in their Chinese-learning journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A number of them would express their displeasure at having to learn Traditional Chinese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And yet, diametrically opposite this group would be the students who insisted on learning Traditional Chinese, scoffing at the heresy that is Simplified Chinese, perhaps taking inspiration from Chiang Kai-Shek:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u65f6\u81f31960\u5e74\u4ee3\uff0c\u5927\u9646\u65b9\u9762\u6b63\u5f0f\u63a8\u51fa\u7b80\u4f53\u5b57\u65b9\u6848\uff0c\u53f0\u6e7e\u5f00\u59cb\u575a\u6301\u7ef4\u62a4\u4e2d\u56fd\u4f20\u7edf\u6587\u5316\u7acb\u573a\uff0c\u4ee5\u201c\u6b63\u7edf\u201d\u81ea\u5c45\uff0c\u63a8\u884c\u201c\u6b63\u4f53\u5b57\u201d\uff0c\u89c6\u7b80\u4f53\u5b57\u4e3a\u5f02\u7aef\uff0c\u5f00\u542f\u4e2d\u6587\u6cdb\u653f\u6cbb\u5316\u4e4b\u4e89\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n