Diqin Designer

Chapter 201: Same writing, same language, same meaning
The next morning, Fan Zeng and others arrived outside the Qin Imperial Palace again, underwent security checks by the guards, and prepared to enter the palace.

There are more people today than yesterday. Most of the more than 3,000 candidates are here. They are all very interested in Li Nian's compilation of new characters and textbooks. Even if they cannot participate in it in the end, it is good to come and see what it is all about.

In fact, it is not a good idea to gather so many people to the palace. Too many people may cause trouble. It is better to set the gathering place outside the palace. Li Nian proposed this, but the First Emperor did not agree.

Let Li Nian go somewhere outside to meet these candidates. What if something goes wrong?
It’s okay to lose these candidates, but Li Nian’s safety must be completely ensured, without any mistakes.

However, Li Nian judged the First Emperor's intentions with a petty mind. He thought that in addition to considering his safety, the First Emperor was also worried that he would escape after he got outside.

Fan Zeng and his companions had been to the palace yesterday, but the candidates who came today were here for the first time and felt very curious. It was just that they felt that the Qin Palace was different from what they had imagined before they came...

Is this place really the Qin Emperor's Palace?

Before coming here, they imagined the Qin Palace to be the residence of the supreme emperor in the world. If not completely grand and majestic, it should also be exquisite and elegant.

But the place they had arrived at now was beyond both descriptions, giving them an indescribable feeling of weirdness, and it was nothing like what the Qin Imperial Palace should look like.

Fan Zeng and others had the same feeling. The style of this place was very different from the Qin Palace they saw yesterday.

This is clearly a construction site or workshop. Are the paper and the jade-like objects made here?

The fact that the Emperor Qin agreed to transform the palace into this way shows how much Li Nian is trusted by the Emperor Qin.

He is young and talented, and he has the trust of the Emperor of Qin. If he is given free rein to act, he will surely achieve great things.

A large area in the area where Liuying Palace is located was transformed into an industrial park. The first industrial park of Daqin was actually built in the Daqin Imperial Palace.

Today, the area under the jurisdiction of Liuying Palace is still expanding, and nearby palaces are also being demolished.

Because there will be more things to be added later, such as the location for editing texts and teaching materials, and where Li Nian will teach in the future.

But if the expansion continues like this, this place will sooner or later become the industrial, cultural and educational center of Daqin.

Fan Zeng and others arrived at their destination. Since there were many people coming this time, Li Nian did not meet them in the palace, but met them outside the palace.

When everyone enters the venue, they will be asked by the eunuchs which school of knowledge they studied, and then a wooden plaque corresponding to the answer will be issued, and they will be led to a designated area to sit down.

Fan Zeng took the wooden sign of the military strategists in his hand. He could see the intention of Li Nian doing this. It could not only show which 100 schools the candidates came from, but also the number of candidates from each 100 schools, which would also be convenient for discussion later.

At the same time, it also shows that what Li Nian said last night was true, and he really wanted to use the thoughts of hundreds of schools to compile the teaching materials.

There was a high platform in front of them, with armored guards on and below the stage. It was obviously where Li Nian was going to speak to them later.

Not long after, when all the candidates had taken their seats, Li Nian, escorted by a team of guards, stepped onto the podium. Looking at the people below, Li Nian saluted and said, "I am very happy that you are willing to come today. I would like to thank you all."

Everyone returned the greeting: "Young Master invited us, and your invitation is for the benefit of the world, so how can we not come?"

After the ceremony, everyone sat down again, and Li Nian said directly: "Today, I invited you all here for two main things: one, to compile new characters; two, to compile teaching materials. Listen to me first, don't ask questions, and wait for me to finish if you have any questions!"

"You all know the reason for creating new characters, so I won't elaborate on it here. What I want to say is that when creating new characters, we also need to determine the writing rules, pronunciation, and meaning of each character, that is, 'same writing, same language, and same meaning'."

"From now on, no matter where people come from, they can speak the same language, use the same writing system, and understand the same meaning. Unlike today, I come from Guanzhong, you come from Wu, and he comes from Zhao. We have different accents, different languages, and different writing systems, which greatly hinders communication."

As soon as these words came out, many people sitting in the audience were shocked: what Mr. Li Nian wanted to accomplish was even bigger than they thought. Not only did he want to establish a unified writing system, but he also wanted to define the meaning and pronunciation of the characters.

If this can be done well, it will undoubtedly be an extremely great achievement. The world will have the same pronunciation, writing and meaning, which will reduce a lot of disputes.

But this matter was also very difficult. Some people wanted to ask questions immediately, but they held back when they remembered what Li Nian said to listen to him first and wait until he finished speaking if they had any questions.

Li Nian continued, "I actually have some ideas for the new characters I want to create. You can take a look at them first. There are not many of them, so please circulate them among yourself and do not damage them."

As Li Nian spoke, everyone saw eunuchs coming over with a stack of papers and distributing them to the people sitting in the front row.

The candidates sitting in the front row, such as Fan Zeng, who was at the front of the School of Military Science, took the paper handed down by the eunuch and saw at a glance that there were words written on the paper that they had never seen before.

This type of characters does not belong to any type of characters in the world today. Compared with the current characters, it is more regular and concise, but its shape looks rigid and lacks agility and elegance.

However, for a writing system to be spread throughout the world, being lively and elegant is not the most important thing. What is needed is that it is simple, easy to learn, and able to convey meaning. This kind of neat writing just meets these requirements. It is easier to deconstruct and find the rules of writing, which makes it easier to teach and learn.

Fan Zeng saw the advantages of this writing at a glance. There were also Qin seal characters on the paper, which were obviously the characters that these characters represented in Qin seal characters.

The characters on these papers are exactly modern simplified Chinese characters, which Li Nian copied one by one and compared with the Qin seal script.

If you want to spread modern simplified Chinese characters in this era, you must first mark out the corresponding characters of each simplified character at this time so that people can know what this simplified character is.

Modern simplified characters are used as the "wen" in "shutongwen" instead of Qin seal characters and other six kingdoms' characters: first, simplified characters have been tested in practice and are indeed easier to learn and use than other characters of this era;

Second, Li Nian comes from the future and is used to simplified characters. If he wants to move to the present era, the knowledge and technology will be the same. If he does not use simplified characters and uses Qin seal script to copy the content of the future, the efficiency will be...

Third, if the writing systems of the other six kingdoms were abolished and the Qin seal script was used throughout the world, some people would feel dissatisfied. However, if the Qin seal script was not adopted and a new writing system was used, people would feel a lot more comfortable.

Seeing the modern simplified Chinese characters on the paper, everyone was even more shocked. If this kind of characters was created by this Mr. Li Nian alone, then his talent would be too amazing!
This is an extraordinary genius. Only the philosophers and ancient sages can be compared with him, right?
I never thought that they could live in the same era with such people.

(End of this chapter)