Promotion and Recognition of Traditional Chinese Characters 正體字推廣座談會

or duration

15 min.

Introduction

開幕致詞

  Board of Director of Hua-Hsing                          Schoolmaster of Hua-Hsing Chinese School, Mily Lee

  華興中文學校董事長 牟呈華                                                 華興中文學校校長 孟敏寬

15 min.

Sharings

Ken Rothey "Why I Prefer Traditional Chinese Characters?" 我還是喜歡正體字

Interpreter and business adviser for President Bill Clinton when he visited China in 1990's.

Internationally acclaimed gastronome ( 美食家 ) and sinologist of Chinese culture, Mandarin, and dialects. Mr. Rothey lived in China for more than 10 years and he is publishing his book "Traveling to China, the Mid Land."

路乞先生在中國居住多年，曾經是美國克林頓總統的幕僚，擔任克林頓訪問中國時的翻譯官及中國商業顧問。他是著名的美食家與漢學家，能夠說中文與多種中國方言，也是中遊記的作者，了解中國文化，能夠以文言文作詩。他時常講我還是喜歡正體字，本座談會有幸邀請他來見證正體字的好處。

Shunbo Meng (wife of Ken Rothey), a calligrapher from Hubei Chinese Calligraphy Association.

路乞的太太孟順波女士，是湖北省書法家協會會員。由她來說明為什麼練習中國書法要用正體字，而不能用簡體字。

Main Topic

How the Chinese Characters Revolutioned throughout History 

Main Speaker: Joshua Hough, founder www.art-virtue.com who has participated in more than 100 Chinese Calligraphy demonstrations and events in North Texas ( Videos at www.art-virtue.com/demo )

主講人書法家何嘉雄先生，已經在北德州有100場以上中國書法的活動。

Content of Presentation:

Overview of Evolutions of Chinese Characters: Five Major Styles of Chinese Characters in Calligraphy 

How the Simplified Chinese Characters Derived from Caoshu "Grass Style"

Why Chinese Is NOT One of the Most Difficult Languages to Learn - How to Overcome the Misconception

Interaction between audiences and speakers, questions and answers...

今天的主題 - 正體字的演化過程與文化傳承。

講題內容: 

中國字的演化與篆、隸、草、行、楷五體書法。

簡體字的來源與草書的關係。

還要針對外國人講述為什麼中文不是一種難學的語言，反而是易學的語言。

互動討論與發言，並回答問題，由路乞與各位發言補充等等。

Live Calligraphy Demonstration by Schoolmaster Meng, Mr. & Mrs. Rothey, and Joshua Hough

The audience may receive a free gift of Chinese calligraphy, either first name or a short phrase, written by those four calligraphers.

本座談會的最後大約一個小時，有四個書法家現身說法，當場揮毫，來賓觀眾可以免費收集墨寶。

這四位書法家是：孟敏寬校長、路乞、孟順波、何嘉雄。