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  "aliases": [
    "白话",
    "白话文"
  ],
  "availableLangs": [
    "zh",
    "en"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "category-literature"
  ],
  "conceptKind": "term",
  "createdAt": "2026-10-24",
  "id": "concept_vernacular",
  "lang": "en",
  "relatedTerms": [
    "classical Chinese",
    "baihua literature",
    "guoyu"
  ],
  "revision": 1,
  "scopeNote": "This sample focuses on modern literary and educational uses of vernacular writing.",
  "slug": "vernacular-chinese",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "s1",
      "title": "Written vernacular Chinese (Wikipedia, sample reference)",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_vernacular_Chinese"
    }
  ],
  "status": "published",
  "summary": "A written form grounded in spoken language, related to but distinct from classical Chinese.",
  "tags": [
    "tag-literature",
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  "title": "Vernacular Chinese",
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  "updatedAt": "2026-10-24"
}
---

# Vernacular Chinese

A written form grounded in spoken language, related to but distinct from classical Chinese.

## Scope

Vernacular writing has a longer history than the twentieth century. Modern literary reform gave it new prominence.

## Examples

[A Madman's Diary](/en/works/a-madmans-diary.html) and [Changshi Ji](/en/works/changshi-ji.html) illustrate different genres.

更新时间：2026-10-24

## 标签

- [文学](/en/tags/literature.html)
- [教育](/en/tags/education.html)

## 关系

- Discusses this topic：[新文化运动](/en/events/new-culture-movement.html) 
- Examples：[A Madman's Diary](/en/works/a-madmans-diary.html) 主要指白话正文；小序为文言。
- Examples：[尝试集](/en/works/changshi-ji.html) 白话诗的实践。
- Related concepts：[新文学](/en/concepts/new-literature.html) 相关但不等同。

## 正文反向链接

- [新文学](/en/concepts/new-literature.html)
- [新文化运动](/en/events/new-culture-movement.html)
- [胡适](/en/people/hu-shi.html)
- [尝试集](/en/works/changshi-ji.html)
- [狂人日记](/en/works/a-madmans-diary.html)
- [新青年](/en/works/new-youth.html)

## 来源

- Written vernacular Chinese (Wikipedia, sample reference)：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Written_vernacular_Chinese