汉字简化的修辞学阐释

Rhetorical Interpretation for Simplification of Chinese Characters

汉字简化问题一直都是文字学界关心的问题。从表达的角度看汉字简化,就可以看出汉字简化的背后隐藏着深刻的经世致用的修辞思想。因为汉字因表达需要而产生,又因表达需要而简化,而表达是修辞的母体,因此,简化字就是修辞学中适度原则在汉字简化中的具体表现。

The simplification of Chinese characters is always concerned by philology world. Seen from the expressiveness of simplification of Chinese characters,the rhetorical thought for practicability can be found hidden behind the simplification of Chinese characters.Chinese characters come into being for the sake of expression,and it is simplified also for the sake of expression,which is the basis of rhetoric. There- fore,simplified Chinese characters are the reflection of moderate principle of rhetoric in the process of simplification.