Classical Chinese
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Oct 21, 2026
Daniel PieperGUEST
Yeah, so it's quite a long history, so I'll try to be as succinct as possible.
Daniel PieperGUEST
But literacy in the form of literary Sinitic or Hanmun, classical Chinese, entered the Korean Peninsula sometime in the 3rd century CE, scholars think, during the Han commanderies period when Han China, the dynasty at that time, had a presence in the northern part of the peninsula.
Daniel PieperGUEST
So, for the next millennia plus, some form of literary synodic was the only form of literacy on the Korean Peninsula.
Daniel PieperGUEST
There were various forms of vernacularization, what I call them, ways of using classical Chinese to write something akin to spoken Korean in an often difficult, clumsy way.
Daniel PieperGUEST
So that was one reason that it was very important for Korean elites to have a clear way of representing Chinese characters, Hanja.
Daniel PieperGUEST
So that is really the main reason that Hangul was invented in 1444.
Daniel PieperGUEST
But despite that invention, for many centuries, four and a half centuries later, After its invention, Hanmun, literary Semitic, continued to be the dominant written form in Korea.
Daniel PieperGUEST
Hunminjeongeum, or jeongeum, sometimes known pejoratively as achimgeul or amgeul, female script or morning script because it was so easy, one could learn it in one morning.
Daniel PieperGUEST
Um, so it's, it's quite a long history, so I'll, I'll try to be as succinct as possible.
Daniel PieperGUEST
But, um, literacy in the form of literary Sinitic or Hanmun, Classical Chinese, entered the Korean Peninsula sometime in the 3rd century CE, scholars think, during the Han Commanderies period when Han China, the dynasty at that time, had a presence in the northern part of the peninsula.
Daniel PieperGUEST
Um, so for the next millennia plus, some form of literary Sinitic was the only form of literacy on the Korean Peninsula.
Daniel PieperGUEST
There were various forms of vernacularization, what I call them, ways of using Classical Chinese to write something akin to spoken Korean in a often difficult, clumsy way.
Daniel PieperGUEST
Uh, so that was one reason that it was very, it was very important for Korean elites to have a clear way of representing Chinese characters, hanja.
Daniel PieperGUEST
Um, so that is really the main reason that Hangul was invented in 1444.
Daniel PieperGUEST
But despite that invention, um, for many centuries, four and a half centuries after its invention, um, Hanmun, literary Sinitic, continued to be the dominant written form in Korea.
Daniel PieperGUEST
Um, Hunminjeongeum, or jeongeum, sometimes known pejoratively as achimgeu or eumgeu, female script or morning script, because it was so easy one could learn it in one morning.
Dan Van VoorhisHOST
He was quick-tempered and impatient with stupidity.
Dan Van VoorhisHOST
He had immense powers of concentration." And it was this concentration which allowed him, despite his work as an administrator, pastor, and bishop, to translate the Bible into Wenli, a simplified Chinese read across dialects.
Dan Van VoorhisHOST
But this work took a toll on his body.
Dan Van VoorhisHOST
By the 1880s, he was struck with a degenerative neurological disease, perhaps Parkinson's or something like it.
SaoriHOST
小林でしてたんだ。
YukaGUEST
小林でしてて。そうそうそうそう。なのでなんか皆無とかは日本語の先生だから日本語を外国人に教えるみたいな感じだけど、私は普通に日本人の高校生に国語、小説だったりエッセイだったり、古文、漢文とかもあるけどを教える。あと敬語とかね。
HaizHOST
カルタのゲーム。百人一首。
YukaGUEST
教えたかな？わかんないけど。まあまあまあ。そうそう、そういうちょっと古い日本語の文学とかも教えたりしてたけど、ほんと五ヶ月だけなので、もう忘れちゃってるかなって感じだけど。