Chapter 831 Ordinary but Significant

Xuanzang didn't know how to describe his mood, thinking that he came out of Chang'an, went through thousands of dangers all the way, and after leaving the border of the Tang Dynasty, it can be said that he encountered thousands of times more dangers, and finally arrived in Tianzhu, and I don't know how much the risk of death alone in the middle is.

But thinking about the experience he has been having, Xuanzang knew that he was the safest when he was in Datang, but after leaving Datang, the experience of those countries in the Western Regions made him feel extremely dangerous.

And now on this map...... Starting from Chang'an to all the places west of the Tianzhu Jieri Dynasty, the red land of the Tang Dynasty has been connected, that is to say, if he wants, he can walk to the border between the Tang Dynasty and the Jieri Dynasty without going abroad.

Let's take a look at the map

This feeling...... It's quirky.

"General Xu, I have a reluctant request." Xuanzang opened his mouth and said, if it was according to his original temperament, he would definitely not ask for it, but now that he has this opportunity, he feels that he can bring up some things.

"Master, please speak." Xu Zheng nodded.

"That's right, in this Nalanda Temple, it can be said that many important documents and ancient books of the entire Tianzhu since ancient times are stored, although these things are different from my Central Plains culture, but I think they are also a value if they can be preserved."

"And here, I think it will be destroyed in the war sooner or later, so I want to bring it back to the Tang Dynasty, and the Master Jiexian of Nalanda Temple also allowed me to take them all away, but there is one thing, this is not the territory of the Jieri Dynasty now, but the territory of Tubo, so ......" Speaking of this, Xuanzang was somewhat embarrassed.

This is the first time he has said such a thing, although he traveled all the way west to Tianzhu by relying on fate, but the most he asked for help was a mouthful of food and a sip of water, and this kind of behavior has exceeded many precepts in Buddhism.

"Of course, I will raise this matter with Zangpu of Tibet later, I think he should agree, and my personal opinion at that time is that it is better to print all the documents here first, so that you can keep a copy of this Nalanda Temple." Xu Zheng smiled and said, "In Yuzhang Port, we have relevant printing equipment. ”

"Then thank you, General." Xuanzang was immediately overjoyed, he didn't expect this matter to go so smoothly, this General Xu must be much better than him coming forward.

"It doesn't matter, the master can ask me any questions, this time I leave, the next time I see the master may be longer." Xu Zheng said with a smile.

Xuanzang didn't get entangled, but asked some of his doubts one by one, such as what the letters on the new customs clearance text meant, Xu Zheng told him that it was a pinyin reading method based on 26 letters invented by His Royal Highness, which is conducive to children's learning.

The advantages of phonemic writing that are easy to learn are integrated into the Chinese script.

When Xu Zheng finished speaking, Xuanzang was full of interest in this pinyin, because he had already learned Sanskrit and was now deepening his learning, so he knew very well how big the role of this was.

Fortunately, Xu Zheng knew more about this, and in the end, Xu Zheng simply sent a book on pinyin literacy to Xuanzang.

As for why Xu Zheng has this book...... It's because ...... Xu Zheng was also half illiterate before, he can't say that he is completely illiterate, but he is also half, he is literate, but not much, and he has not read many books.

And now all the admirals overseas, from the generals to the soldiers, have to carry out literacy activities, and this pinyin literacy is naturally supplemented to them for the first time, Xu Zheng as a general, although not a high-ranking general, it is normal to have a textbook of his own.

Putting the book aside, Xuanzang asked about the pattern on it and the meaning of those stars, and Xu Zheng told him that the pattern was the surrounding pattern to represent the items commonly used by Shinong Industry and Commerce to replace the people, and the central Taiji Palace naturally meant the royal family of the Tang Dynasty.

It means that the people of the Tang Dynasty are closely united around the Tang royal family to establish a prosperous and powerful new Tang Dynasty, and the five five-pointed stars also mean this, and the four small ones represent the four classes of Shinong, industry and commerce.

As soon as he said this, Xuanzang said that he understood.

After Xu Zheng left, Xuanzang couldn't wait to study this pinyin literacy book, and when he finished reading it, Xuanzang was shocked, is this also His Royal Highness researched? His Royal Highness is indeed a genius, and such letters greatly reduce the difficulty of learning literacy for the people and children.

No wonder His Royal Highness wants to popularize education to the world, His Royal Highness does not ask the people to have a high level of knowledge, but to make them literate and able to read, which has greatly strengthened the convenient life of the people.

This pinyin seems simple, but in fact, Xuanzang, who has learned Sanskrit and Persian and many other languages, knows very well that this ...... Hard! It's very hard!

Of course, what Xuanzang didn't know was that this pinyin had gone through nearly 360 years of evolutionary research in history before it reached its current point, and Li Ke directly took out the finished product, can it not be strong?

In the original history, as early as the 17th century, during the Ming Dynasty, in order to learn Chinese characters in other countries in the world, many more famous missionaries began to find ways to phonetize Chinese characters, from the earliest Italian missionary Matteo Ricci to the French missionary Jean Nige perfected the way of phonetic Chinese characters.

In the following two or three hundred years, the phonetic method invented by these two men has been widely spread in the West, providing a method for Westerners to learn Chinese characters. It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China that the national strength weakened and the country had to start learning foreign languages, and similar phonetic schemes began to flow into the country.

Subsequently, a large number of scholars demonstrated and discussed several schemes of pinyin, and finally perfected them, and adopted the final scheme in the sixties of the twentieth century, based on 26 English letters and phonetic transcriptions to complete the final scheme of modern pinyin.

If it weren't for the continuous transmission and learning of those two or three hundred years, the phonetic way of Chinese characters would not be so easy.

And now Datang uses the final product, and even this letter is called Datang alphabet, as for whether English will be born in the future, then who knows? Anyway, I don't even see a single hair in English now.

Moreover, the pinyin invented by His Royal Highness also plays a very key role in learning Chinese characters for people in other countries, after all, it is really not easy for the countries around Datang to learn Chinese characters, and it is even more difficult to popularize them.

Xu Zheng, who said goodbye to Xuanzang, was a little emotional, but he didn't expect that this master's thoughts were somewhat similar to His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness gave them tasks to collect various documents and materials from various regions such as Tianzhu and even Persia.

His Highness did not say what to do, but only said that he would use these documents to fully understand the history of civilization in these regions and prevent them from being destroyed by war.