| Chapter I Introduction | 第1-25页 |
| 1．1 The relationship between language and characters | 第10-12页 |
| 1．1．1 The definition of language | 第10-11页 |
| 1．1．2 The definition of characters | 第11页 |
| 1．1．3 The relationship between language and characters | 第11-12页 |
| 1．2 From ancient times to the present, the development and change process of Chinese characters | 第12-18页 |
| 1．2．1 The seven different types of writing | 第12-17页 |
| 1．2．1．1 Inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells | 第13页 |
| 1．2．1．2 Inscriptions on ancient bronze objects | 第13-14页 |
| 1．2．1．3 The lesser seal characters | 第14页 |
| 1．2．1．4 Lishu | 第14-15页 |
| 1．2．1．5 Cursive script | 第15-16页 |
| 1．2．1．6 Regular script | 第16页 |
| 1．2．1．7 Running hand | 第16-17页 |
| 1．2．2 The inevitable rule of language development and change | 第17-18页 |
| 1．3 Nowadays, the state of using of the Chinese characters | 第18-25页 |
| 1．3．1 The system of the original complex forms of simplified Chinese characters (traditional Chinese characters) | 第18-22页 |
| 1．3．1．1 Hong Kong | 第18-19页 |
| 1．3．1．2 Taiwan | 第19-20页 |
| 1．3．1．3 Macao | 第20-21页 |
| 1．3．1．4 American Chinese area | 第21-22页 |
| 1．3．2 The system of simplified Chinese characters and its internalization | 第22-23页 |
| 1．3．2．1 China's mainland | 第22页 |
| 1．3．2．2 Malaysia | 第22-23页 |
| 1．3．2．3 Thailand | 第23页 |
| 1．3．2．4 Singapore | 第23页 |
| 1．3．3 Areas influenced by the system of the original complex forms of simplified Chinese characters (traditional Chinese characters) | 第23-25页 |
| 1．3．3．1 The language features of Shenzhen | 第23-24页 |
| 1．3．3．2 The language features of Guangzhou | 第24-25页 |
| Chapter II The environment of Chinese character (Language environment) | 第25-32页 |
| 2．1 Analysis of the social and cultural factors | 第25-28页 |
| 2．1．1 Language and society have very close relationship | 第25-27页 |
| 2．1．2 The relationship of Language and culture | 第27-28页 |
| 2．2 Analysis of politics improvement and law | 第28-29页 |
| 2．3 Analysis of economic factors | 第29-30页 |
| 2．4Analysis of individuals' inner mind and emotion | 第30-32页 |
| Chapter III: The reforms of writing system | 第32-53页 |
| 3．1 Discussion of genesis reform of Chinese characters | 第32-34页 |
| 3．1．1 Chinese characters went down the altar, which made reform of Chinese character possible | 第32页 |
| 3．1．2 Culture exchange and imperialism culture are invaded, playing overturns for the reform of Chinese characters | 第32-33页 |
| 3．1．3 Social and history change, political and culture movements made reform of Chinese characters become reality | 第33-34页 |
| 3．1．4 From the reform movement of Chinese characters centuries ago, the writer draws conclusion following | 第34页 |
| 3．2 The reasons, aim, direction, task and meaning of reform of writing system | 第34-36页 |
| 3．2．1 Reason | 第34页 |
| 3．2．2 Aim | 第34-35页 |
| 3．2．3 Direction | 第35页 |
| 3．2．4 Main task | 第35-36页 |
| 3．2．5 Meaning | 第36页 |
| 3．3 The standardization and construction of Chinese characters | 第36-53页 |
| 3．3．1 Nowadays, Chinese characters meet with the problems of language falling back | 第36-40页 |
| 3．3．1．1 Advertisement | 第37-38页 |
| 3．3．1．2 Trademark | 第38-40页 |
| 3．3．1．3 Movie, TV subtitle and Lyrics | 第40页 |
| 3．3．2 Diversity in language leads to diversity in Chinese characters | 第40-41页 |
| 3．3．3 Speech community & social variety in Chinese language and characters | 第41-42页 |
| 3．3．3．1 The concept of speech community | 第41-42页 |
| 3．3．3．2 The concept of social variety | 第42页 |
| 3．3．3．3 Conclusion | 第42页 |
| 3．3．4 In China's mainland, the original complex forms of simplified Chinese characters (traditional Chinese characters) still appear in every aspect of daily life | 第42-45页 |
| 3．3．4．1 On the one hand, it is the abuse of writing system and a kind of language polluting (Negative aspect) | 第42-43页 |
| 3．3．4．2 On the other hand, it is the positive result of linguistic accommodation and language choices (Positive aspect) | 第43-45页 |
| 3．3．4．2．1 Accommodation Theory | 第43-44页 |
| 3．3．4．2．2 Language choices | 第44页 |
| 3．3．4．2．3 We should choose correct or proper writing system to get the best communication result | 第44-45页 |
| 3．3．5 Inevitableness and necessity of the standardization of Chinese characters | 第45-53页 |
| 3．3．5．1 Inevitableness | 第45-49页 |
| 3．3．5．2 Necessity | 第49-53页 |
| Chapter IV: The development trend of Chinese characters and types of writing | 第53-65页 |
| 4．1 Language planning | 第53-57页 |
| 4．1．1The concept of language planning | 第53-55页 |
| 4．1．2 Making the principles of language planning | 第55-57页 |
| 4．2 The development and change of Chinese characters have their own orderliness | 第57-58页 |
| 4．2．1 The immutability of language | 第57页 |
| 4．2．2 The mutability of language | 第57-58页 |
| 4．2．3 Conclusion | 第58页 |
| 4．3 The effective methods of Chinese characters' standardization | 第58-59页 |
| 4．3．1 Strengthen the education of the masses | 第58-59页 |
| 4．3．2 Check as to Hong Kong, Taiwan import and movie & TV import of film of publication strictly, control effectively | 第59页 |
| 4．3．3 Improve the language training of Chinese language workers, including teachers, reporters, journalists and so on | 第59页 |
| 4．4 The prospect of Chinese characters | 第59-65页 |
| 4．4．1 The Chinese characters will move towards the informationization． | 第60-62页 |
| 4．4．2 Conclusion: Glamour and prospect of Chinese characters | 第62-65页 |
| Bibliography | 第65-68页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第68页 |
