Title
Updated Compilations of Tang Poems with explanations (改良笺注古唐诗合解新读本) by Shanghai Zhang Fu Ji Shu Ju (上海章福记书局)
Year/Period
Early Republican period
Region
Singapore and Shanghai
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 20.7 x 13.4 x 0.2 cm
Accession No.
2021-00326
Collection of
This book features a compilation of ancient Tang poetry with explanations in vernacular Chinese. The New Culture Movement which swept across China in the early 20th century had a profound impact on local Chinese education. During that period, the literary revolution advocated by leading intellectuals such as Hu Shi and Chen Du Xiu effected a shift from using classical Chinese to vernacular Chinese as the written language. In 1920, the Beijing government ordered the use of vernacular Chinese in all levels of textbooks. In Singapore, many schools likewise switched to using vernacular Chinese as the medium of instruction, and newspaper editorials and commentaries actively promoted its learning and usage.
