文化因素对汉字长寿的影响

汉字和世界上其他古老的文字一样,都经过了由图画文字到表意文字的阶段,而其他古文字在演变中有的因停止使用丧失了生命力,有的变成了拼音文字,有的甚至不可识读,被外来文字取代。汉字则顽强地维护着自己的表意文字特点,成为世界上最古老、最有严密系统的表意文字。汉字长寿的原因,让我们看到文化对汉字的形成和发展方向起着制约作用,而日趋成熟的汉字在一定程度上对民族文化也有一定的制约和影响。

The Influence of Chinese culture on Chinese Character's Longevity

Chinese character and other ancient writings are all passing by from the picture writing to the stage of the ideogram.But it is different from other ancient writings,because many of those ancient writings have been dead since not being used,many have turned into alphabetic writings,many even can＇t be read,many have been replaced by foreign writings,only Chinese character is never interrupted.It has supported its own characteristics stubbornly for several thousand years,and become the oldest writing in the world.Chinese character represents an important direction of the development of the world writings.This text demonstrates the reason of Chinese characters＇ longevity,mainly from the influence of Chinese culture on Chinese character.