Abstract:
The development of Chinese in all ages includes the differences not only between spoken languages and spoken languages, but also between the spoken languages and written languages. After the Han Dynasty, the increasing elements of dialects, common sayings and spoken languages gradually formed the ancient vernacular Chinese and actually reflected the development of spoken languages which contended with classical Chinese. Step by step, the ancient vernacular Chinese absorbed a large amount of the invigorating language elements in classical Chinese, spoken languages and dialects, which roughly experienced three periods: classical Chinese mingled with vernacular Chinese in the Han Dynasty and the Wei Jin Northern and Southern Dynasties, half classical Chinese half vernacular Chinese in the Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty and the shift time in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, and actually formed modern vernacular Chinese (modern Chinese) with the development from giving priority to classical Chinese to giving priority to itself, from being unrefined to being inside the door which tended to be closed to the general languages used by different cultures and people in different classes. The transition from Classical Chinese to Vernacular Chinese is not only the inevitability of the development of languages but also shows people’s value orientation.
