Some traditional characters already had a simplified form as part of the cursive script way before the 50s. They were just incorporated into formal simplified characters along with some new ones devised by the officials.
Interesting comment! The original script of this video had Vietnam. I decided to leave it out due to it being the longest and most complex part due to its long (and troublesome) history with Chinese domain and later Western domain. Their writing is also has one of the most interesting history! I'd love to talk separately about them in the future 😁
Yes, you're right. Many great discoveries of humanity end up with a incoherent name. It's called the Stigler's Law of Eponymy - Pythagoras' Theorem was not invented by Pythagoras, the Roman Alphabet was not invented by the romans and so on. In the end the Han took the characters to be theirs, so that the Japanese and Korean also call them the "Han characters".
@@oracleoftheorientHe is totally wrong. International scholars acknowledge that the Chinese people invented Chinese characters, and the Dongyi ppl are one of the important ancestors of the Chinese people. Korea's historical status is very low,. Current Korean nationalists had to fabricated many lies, claiming that many things originating from China were invented by Koreans,just for satisfying the poor national self-confidence
@@user-qb5cz7ou9f중국인의 대부분은 동이족과는 상관이 없고, 일부만 관련이 있다. 너희들조차 동이를 오랑캐 취급하고 너희들과 구분을 확실히 지었다. 한국의 문화적 위상이 낮다는것은 단지 너의 희망사항일 뿐이다. 중국인😊 또한 저사람은 한국인이 한자를 발명했다고 하지 않았다. 단지 관련성만을 언급한거다. 동이족과의 연관성은 니들 화하족보다 한국쪽이 월등히 높다. 또한 한국은 여러가지가 열악하게 섞인 오랑캐풍의 중국 문화를 신경도 쓰지 않는다. 착각도하지마라. 현실적으로 열등감에 부들대며 한국 공격하는건 니들 중국인이다. 하긴 ^위대한^ 마오쩌뚱의 지시로 고대문화를 전부 때려부순 니들이 유교제사 지내는 법을 몰라 한국 성균관에 배우러 온건 아주 유명한 일화지? 😊
Where is Vietnam, Vietnam should also be in here.
In Vietnam, "Chinese characters" we call it "Hán tự" or "chữ Hán".
Thanks for the suggestion! I intend to make a video solely focused on Vietnam, since its history is a bit more complicated.
@@oracleoftheorient
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Some traditional characters already had a simplified form as part of the cursive script way before the 50s. They were just incorporated into formal simplified characters along with some new ones devised by the officials.
Yes, thanks for pointing that out! I mentioned that throughout the millennia they made simplifications, but did not elaborate on that
Why is Vietnam always ignored in the sinsophere :(
@@youlooktasty Even after colonialism their traditional culture is more Chinese than Korea
Interesting comment! The original script of this video had Vietnam. I decided to leave it out due to it being the longest and most complex part due to its long (and troublesome) history with Chinese domain and later Western domain. Their writing is also has one of the most interesting history! I'd love to talk separately about them in the future 😁
@@user-cr3pn7rk2v As a cantonese person i agree, many shared words from middle chinese
one of the most detailed and interesting videos i have seen
Thank you! Really happy to be of help 😁
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Vietnamese Chinese characters🇻🇳
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It's Oriental characters not Chinese characters. It was invented by the Dongyi people who are ancestors of Koreans. It does not belong to Han Chinese.
Yes, you're right. Many great discoveries of humanity end up with a incoherent name. It's called the Stigler's Law of Eponymy - Pythagoras' Theorem was not invented by Pythagoras, the Roman Alphabet was not invented by the romans and so on. In the end the Han took the characters to be theirs, so that the Japanese and Korean also call them the "Han characters".
@@oracleoftheorientHe is totally wrong. International scholars acknowledge that the Chinese people invented Chinese characters, and the Dongyi ppl are one of the important ancestors of the Chinese people. Korea's historical status is very low,. Current Korean nationalists had to fabricated many lies, claiming that many things originating from China were invented by Koreans,just for satisfying the poor national self-confidence
@@user-qb5cz7ou9f중국인의 대부분은 동이족과는 상관이 없고, 일부만 관련이 있다. 너희들조차 동이를 오랑캐 취급하고 너희들과 구분을 확실히 지었다. 한국의 문화적 위상이 낮다는것은 단지 너의 희망사항일 뿐이다. 중국인😊 또한 저사람은 한국인이 한자를 발명했다고 하지 않았다. 단지 관련성만을 언급한거다. 동이족과의 연관성은 니들 화하족보다 한국쪽이 월등히 높다. 또한 한국은 여러가지가 열악하게 섞인 오랑캐풍의 중국 문화를 신경도 쓰지 않는다. 착각도하지마라. 현실적으로 열등감에 부들대며 한국 공격하는건 니들 중국인이다. 하긴 ^위대한^ 마오쩌뚱의 지시로 고대문화를 전부 때려부순 니들이 유교제사 지내는 법을 몰라 한국 성균관에 배우러 온건 아주 유명한 일화지? 😊
@@user-qb5cz7ou9fKorea used to be called Peninsula of China
😂 Okay.