Re: The introduction of simplified Chinese characters in mainland C

> Specifically I have read that China officially
> introduced the simplified character reform in two
> phases in 1956 and 1964. However, I have been unable
> to find any more detailed report. There must have
> been
> official documents detailing the change in each
> character, the changes in radicals and other
> recurring
> character components, and the conflation of several
> traditional characters into one simplified
> character.
>
> Does anybody know if these documents exist online?

There was a Committee on Language Reform (Wenzi gaige
weiyuanhui) that worked from 1952 to 1954. I do not
know whether they published any 'proceedings'; I don't
think so.

> If not I'd still be interested to know the names of
> the documents, the dates they were released, and the
> characters covered by each.

A document was published in 1955. I couldn't find its
title. Anyway, it was probably an internal (communist
party or gov't) document, not a 'book'.

You may want to check Zhou Youguang, Hanzi gaige
gailun, Beijing, 1964.

G.

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