The ancient vernacular refers to modern Chinese, which can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, some scholars began to use the vernacular to write. This vernacular was called "vernacular script". Huaben was a literary form in ancient Chinese literature. It referred to the use of vernacular Chinese to replace traditional classical Chinese to write. During the Ming Dynasty, some scholars used vernacular scripts to write novels such as Dream of the Red Chamber and Water Margins. These novels became the representative works of ancient Chinese vernacular writing.
The peak of Chinese ancient vernacular novels was in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (about 1592 to 1612 AD). During this period, there were many famous vernacular novels such as Water Margins, Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber, etc. These novels attracted a large number of readers through simple language and vivid plots, becoming the classics of ancient Chinese novels.
The origin of Cantonese can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. At that time, there was a kind of written material called "Hua Shu" in Guangdong, which included Cantonese words and voice expressions. As time passed, Cantonese gradually became the main local language and cultural representative, and was widely used throughout Guangdong Province. Nowadays, Cantonese had become one of the most important dialect in China and one of the main languages used by overseas Chinese and foreigners to communicate.
The origin of vernacular novels can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a literary form that used spoken language as the main means of expression-vernacular novels. The characteristic of vernacular novels was that they used easy-to-understand language to express themselves. They used spoken language and slang to express themselves. The representative works of the vernacular novels of this period were Dream of the Red Chamber, Water Margins, etc.
The vernacular refers to a literary style based on modern Chinese. Its formation can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, with the development of the industrial revolution and the popularity of modern Chinese, it gradually replaced the traditional classical Chinese and became the main language for literary and academic exchanges. The emergence of vernacular Chinese made literary works easier to understand and accept. The emergence of the vernacular in Chinese cultural geography had a profound impact on the development of Chinese literature. With the help of the vernacular, Chinese literature spread more widely, allowing more people to read and appreciate literary works. At the same time, the vernacular language also laid the foundation for the process of Chinese literature's modernisation and promoted the rapid development of modern Chinese literature.
During the Song Dynasty, there was no official standard vernacular, but there were some vernacular literature works such as Water Margins and Journey to the West. These works were written on the basis of the popular culture of the society at that time. They used spoken language and easy-to-understand descriptions, so they were considered one of the representative works of the Song Dynasty's vernacular.
The following works that did not belong to the ancient vernacular novels were 'Dream of the Red Chamber'.
Early vernacular refers to the vernacular popular in the mainland of China in the early 20th century. During this period, the vernacular gradually replaced the traditional classical Chinese as a widely used literary form in the mainland of China.
Li Bai lived in the Tang Dynasty, an era famous for its literary and artistic prosperity. Although Li Bai's poetry style was unique and the language was gorgeous, he himself could not speak vernacular Chinese. His poems were mainly written in classical Chinese, which was called "Li Bai Style" or "Li Bai Poetry Style" at that time. It was a form of classical Chinese based on Li Bai's poetry style. Although Li Bai's poems were influenced by later generations 'vernacular poems in the process of inheritance, his poetic language still had strong classical characteristics and cultural implications.
Ancient vernacular refers to a combination of classical Chinese and spoken language. In ancient China, due to the social status and language level of people at that time, there was a big difference between spoken and written language. Therefore, when writing, some officials and scholars would turn the spoken language into a more concise form of writing. This was the origin of ancient vernacular. In ancient vernacular, some easy-to-understand words and expressions were often used to express more straightforward emotions and thoughts. For example, in 'Dream of the Red Chamber', Jia Baoyu wrote in the snow,' Auspicious snow indicates a bumper year', which was a manifestation of the ancient vernacular. Although the ancient vernacular had some defects in language, it played a vital role in the development and inheritance of Chinese literature. It made literary works closer to the life of the time and easier for people to understand and accept.
The period when our country started to speak the vernacular was the Ming Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, vernacular Chinese gradually became popular as a major form of literature. During the Ming Dynasty, there were also many famous vernacular novels such as Dream of the Red Chamber and Water Margins. The emergence of these novels marked the official start of the vernacular movement.