China's hanyu pinyin movement began in the phonetic symbol movement in the late Qing Dynasty.
After the Opium War, China became a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The enthusiasm of saving the nation and rejuvenating China has inspired some patriotic intellectuals to put forward the idea of saving the country through education. Liang Qichao, Shen Xue, Lu Yanshao and Wang Zhao all pointed out that the difficulty of Chinese characters is the reason why education cannot be popularized. As a result, a "phonetic notation movement" was launched.
Liang Qichao pointed out in the preface to Shen Shi's phonology, "Is the country evil or strong? Man's wisdom is powerful, but is man's evil wisdom? Read as much as you can, and when you study, the people have wisdom. " Shen dui said: "the strength of European countries ... has the harmony of Rome." When people are good at reading, they are easy to understand, considerate, analyze advantages and disadvantages, unite from top to bottom, and talk about prosperity. "
Lu Taizhang said: "Knowing Chinese by pronunciation, ... the whole country can read and understand. How can the country be poor?" How do people fish? "Wang Zhao said," gentlemen, let's all be strong. See what China has become? " "China government must attach importance to lower education, and to get rid of the obstacles of lower education, it is necessary to formulate a written communication language, so that words and texts can be integrated. "