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The Chinese Language? Part 1 Part 1 The question ‘Evolution of Language’ by Alanwalker in the Advice Line, Magazine site has given me this seemingly interesting, but could be awfully boring subject to those salacious messages seekers. Then this extreme boredom one could be fatal. Please pass over then, if you’re not suicidal. Also, I’ve separated this blog of mine into 2 parts, or the boredom would be more lethal than ever. This is a subject that the captain of the sophomore debating team could shower his saliva all over his table, at his opponents’ faces and at nearly all the judges. And his tables crash from his constant fiery hard banging and have to be replaced. His glass of water needed to be refilled every 6 minutes. The influence of the Chinese language is very vast. The Chinese ideograms, representations of tropical animals and plants, in their purest form could be also found in Southeast Asia (Indo-China), besides those in Mainland China. The original Chinese and Indo-Chinese groups of languages are also TONAL. On the Mainland and overseas Chinese people’s intellect (NOT including Western Chinese). A large extent still is in the bondage of their culture, traditions and superstitions, and narrowly refuses to accept newer changes. Those are the evidences that one would find in the mindset of a Chinese of 30 years old and above still very much adheres to the antiquated culture. The stubbornly narrow and pride of the Chinese people throughout the millenniums has made the Chinese language (spoken, reading and writing) evolves very, very little. So, the Western judgments of the Chinese language as coarse, under-developed, antiquated, low rated, unclear, undefined and inaccurate CANNOT be denied and underestimated. The crude form of Chinese characters remained and many of them still resemble animals, plants, and other objects in the ancient time. The Chinese can fiercely rebut, disprove and defend their millenniums-old pride. But the evidences tell all. Most other major languages in the world have evolved long ago. More shortcomings. The Chinese language itself is arresting the intellectual progress the Chinese people, esp. among students, if they use it solely without learning the additional subjects such as geography, science, chemistry, etc. The Chinese language requires the mainly parrot-like repetitions and memorizing of the old, esp. on Confu[kcq]ius mantras, instead of thinking of the new. And the one and only evolution so far is the creation of Simplified Chinese Characters, took place in the 60s. So, still in their original and crude forms, the Chinese characters are limited. So, many individual characters have to be repeatedly used, only to cover on many other types of words. Here’s the evidences. The character ‘jing’ in ‘jing li’, or manager is also used in ‘jing qi’ or menstruation, ‘jing guo, or (walking) pass by, ‘jing yan’ or ‘jing li’ or experience, ‘jing ji’ or economy, ‘yi jing’ or well known as I-Ching, or the Books of changes. The Chinese language, also using its original and crude forms in using to describe modern inventions, of which in some sound ludicrous and hilarious. Like an airplane is called ‘fei ji’ or ‘flying machine’. Cosmetic surgery as ‘zuo rong’ or ‘do and melt’. ‘Cosmetic face-lift is called ‘la lian pi’ or ‘pulling face skin’. TV as ‘dian shi ji’ or ‘electrical watching machine’. Computer is called ‘dian nao’ or ‘electrical brain’. Picture: The plaiting of Chinese hair, hell knows when. PUTERI AYU 
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11/6/2006 4:21 pm |
Ah looi, nice valid posting......that is why MNC litigates in HK. Chinese laws are loop-holed because they are open to so much interpretation largely due to the open-endedness of each chinese word that further permute the interpretation when it adjoins another word. Webster has a team that researches and builds the english vocab daily. THere is no chinese comparison to this. In english, a word can be very specific and closed-ended. Also Ah Looi, I have borrowed your post to put into one of my student's blog for all students to read.
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Interesting views. It is the hardest language to learn to read and write for westerners. Maybe it does 'hold back' the Chinese people? But the far east is undergoing a revolution in it's quiet way and is growing fast industrially, economically and maybe even culturally. So things are on the change. How a 'language' can change as part of this move, I cannot imagine. But if it has to, it will. TG
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"There a a few educated ones who try to act like a shining light to the darkened stupidity of the massess" - sometimes a sentence or part of one seems SO important, I have to repeat it - this is a gem! The trouble with the so-called ignorant masses is they do not know that's what they are. They are also the ones that don't change, but they are the easiest to 'lead' like sheep. Yep, my counrty has them as well, I just have to do my best to stay out of 'the masses' but then I've always done my own thing - never have liked being 'one of the crowd' - more of a loner. I don't like to follow without question. But then as I get older, I do like to 'stay still' more often. TG
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