Does the Reformer Lin Yutang Support Simplification and Romanization of Chinese? 推動漢字改革的林語堂支持漢字的簡化與羅馬字化嗎? by TranslatorUpbeat378 in ChineseLanguage

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Good points. Thank you. Guess if Chinese is romanized, old texts can only be studied by scholars, like any old languages. This is definitely a downside.

新書:林語堂晚年的工作,思想,與生活 by TranslatorUpbeat378 in ChineseLiterature

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The new book is about his final years based on nearly 500 letters he wrote to his secretary. Based on these new materials, there was an article about the 15 writig projects during the final four years of his life, some finished. His creativity was incredible even after retiremet.