18 Some Thoughts About Simplified Characters
Qui Ling · Chinese Education & Society · 1977
Since "let a hundred schools contend" was proclaimed, some people have already submitted their opinions about the "Plan for the Simplification of Chinese Characters." I maintain that in the first and second lists of simplified characters approved by the Committee for Chinese Writing Reform there are some problematic characters, and consequently, problems. The primary considerations in creating them were reduction of the number of strokes, convenience in writing, and the number of possible uses of a known character. The peculiarities of Chinese characters, and the specific meanings and functions of many Chinese characters, were disregarded.