The National Mandarin Conference is a publicity event launched to showcase new cultural achievements and promote Mandarin.

Peiping was chaired by Cai Yuanqi, Hu Shi and others, while Shanghai was held by Lin Zixuan.

They were preparing to issue a declaration at the conference, and Lin Zixuan received the content of the declaration.

The beginning of the declaration states: "This public language is not artificial, but a kind of natural language; it is not to regard the 'Mandarin' spread in novels and operas over the past few hundred years as satisfying, and a dialect of modern society, which is the dialect of Beijing."

When introducing the new pronunciation standard, it was pointed out that this pronunciation standard was based on the "Lin's Chinese Pinyin Scheme" and was the result of the joint efforts of many linguists.

The final name is "Pinyin French in Mandarin Roman characters".

This is the result of a compromise. After all, those linguists have been busy for several years and always have to leave their names.

Lin Zixuan doesn't care. He no longer cares about this false reputation.

In order to promote Mandarin, the Mandarin Unification Preparation Association prepares to establish Mandarin workshops in major cities across the country.

It is not enough to have Mandarin alone, but also to have the pronunciation and grammar of Mandarin. This requires the compilation of dictionaries and dictionaries. With these foundations, there is Mandarin literature.

This is how a language is formed, which requires a lot of work.

Lin Zixuan wanted to copy out the "Xinhua Dictionary" of later generations, but then gave up. He should know how to restrain himself.

Let's leave a way out for those linguists. If all the work is done, how can others bear it?

He just needs to write novels and create Mandarin literature.

Another thing is about Chinese textbooks.

In this era, warlords fought in a mess. There was no unified textbook for primary and secondary schools across the country. Most of them were compiled by educational institutions in various places, and some publishers asked people to write it.

For example, there are articles by Luxun and Hu Shi in the Chinese textbooks of Peking University.

If you want to promote vernacular Chinese, you have to start with primary and secondary schools, which involves the content of Chinese textbooks.

The content of the textbook should be mainly vernacular, and those vernacular texts should be selected from the many books of new literature that are proficient in the use of vernacular, profound in ideas and educational significance.

Luxun's novels, Hu Shi's speeches, Lin Zixuan's poems, Zhou Zuoren's sketches, etc.

However, these scholars who compiled Chinese textbooks found that Lin Zixuan's articles accounted for a large proportion of the selected texts.

This is related to Lin Zixuan's frequent writings for "Wanxiang Magazine". These manuscripts were called "Chicken Soup for the Heart" in later generations. They were themed with warm fraternity and were very popular among readers.

Some people realize that whether it is Mandarin pronunciation or Mandarin literature, Lin Zixuan is a threshold that cannot be overcome.

It can be imagined that when these articles are selected into Chinese textbooks, students have learned Lin Zixuan's articles since childhood. This is similar to studying the Four Books and Five Classics in a private school, Lin Zixuan may become a new idol.

Lin Zixuan disagreed with this and believed that those people were purely worried about it.

New and old-style education are different. The more subjects students come into contact with, the broader their horizons will be. There are also various theories from the West, and the world is very big.

Unlike in ancient times, I only studied the Four Books and Five Classics, so no one could become another Confucius.

Moreover, the title "Linzi" is too ugly, which reminds people of the saying "When the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds."

He is more concerned about the issue of popularization of education. The literacy rate of people in this era is too low.

It’s okay in big cities, but ordinary citizens can read newspapers and know a lot of words. Only wealthy families in small cities have the opportunity to learn to read, while in rural areas, they are basically illiterate.

No matter how well the textbook is compiled, it is ultimately necessary to run more schools and popularize education to play a role.

Therefore, Lin Zixuan proposed two concepts of "compulsory education" and "hope project" in the newspaper.

Compulsory education is free of charge for primary and secondary education through national administrative intervention. This allows more children to read and read, while the Hope Project is to give full play to the power of society, gather funds to establish schools in rural areas, and popularize education.

He put forward the slogan "No matter how hard you are, you can't suffer children. No matter how poor you are, you can't educate them."

Children are the future and hope of the country, and they must not fall behind in education.

These two concepts have been agreed and supported by people from the education sector headed by Cai Yuanqi, and a bill was submitted to the Beiyang government, hoping that the government's finances can be tilted towards the field of education.

According to Lin Zixuan's suggestion, the Hope Project needs to establish a foundation, and a fund committee consisting of celebrities from the education industry will be used to educate rural children.

He set an example and donated 50,000 yuan, becoming the first donation of the Hope Engineering Foundation.

He knew that in this era, the "Hope Project" was more important than the actual effect, and the results might not be ideal.

But as long as you persist, do your best, and build more schools in the countryside and let more children learn to read, it is worth it.

Because of this incident, Lin Zixuan became famous in the education industry and received praise from all walks of life.

In order to promote Mandarin, various newspapers in Shanghai began to publish special issues or special issues in Mandarin, introducing the ins and outs of Mandarin, and especially highlighting Lin Zixuan's pinyin plan.

After all, Lin Zixuan is a celebrity in Shanghai, so at this time, the Shanghai media naturally spared no effort to praise it.

Lin Zixuan took this opportunity to join forces with several bookstores in Shanghai to launch a price reduction promotion.

In the first month of 1926, all of these bookstores' Mandarin books, newspapers and magazines were half priced.

This is not only for promoting Mandarin, but also forcing readers and fighting for price wars.

Small bookstores publish limited books and magazines, and the price reduction and promotional losses are not large, but once a large bookstore does this, the loss will be less than a small amount.

This move is aimed at Commercial Press.

Commercial Press is the largest publishing house in the country, with many magazines under its jurisdiction and published Mandarin books every month. If the price is the same, it will not only not make money, but also lose money.

Lin Zixuan can even extend the half price to three months to fight a long-lasting price battle.

Vientiane Book Company and the other six medium-sized bookstores jointly issued a price reduction statement. Commercial Press and Zhonghua Book Company were not willing to be outdone, and then announced a half price.

This triggered a price war in the Chinese publishing industry.

Doing so is not good for publishers, but it is a blessing for readers.

Lin Zixuan's approach of killing one thousand enemies and destroying himself seems a bit impulsive, but there are many benefits.

Since the bookstore was unblocked, the operational status of Vientiane Bookstore has been a bit sluggish. After all, it has not been published for three months, which has caused a considerable impact and lost a large number of readers.

It just happened to take this opportunity to promote vigorously and let readers see a brand new Vientiane Bookstore.

He also needs to seize the opportunity to recruit translation talents, implement the China-Western cultural exchange plan, and use this exchange plan to promote China's traditional culture.

Of course, the most important thing is that he wants to vent his anger.

For Commercial Press, Lin Zixuan has no better way, but he cannot make Commercial Press better. This is a long-term competition. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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