Scope
Vernacular writing has a longer history than the twentieth century. Modern literary reform gave it new prominence.
Examples
A Madman's Diary and Changshi Ji illustrate different genres.
Concepts · concept_vernacular
Vernacular Chinese
A written form grounded in spoken language, related to but distinct from classical Chinese.
Profile
- Concept kind
- Term
- Aliases
- 白话, 白话文
- Related terms
- classical Chinese, baihua literature, guoyu
- Scope note
- This sample focuses on modern literary and educational uses of vernacular writing.