Liu Shahe Quotes

Liu Shahe is the pen name of the Chinese writer and poet Yu Xuntan .Liu Shahe is an outspoken critic of the simplification of Chinese characters. He writes a dedicated column entitled "Simplified Characters are Unreasonable" on the Chinese edition of the Financial Times.

✵ 11. November 1931 – 23. November 2019

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Liu Shahe Quotes

“Being misunderstood by someone is vexation. Being misunderstood by everyone is tragedy.”

Liu Shahe

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“The saws are sawing wood, But wood is also sawing the saws…The wood sawn into boards is fashioned into furniture. Saws just break and are discarded.”

Liu Shahe

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