동아시아 漢字ㆍ漢文敎育의 發展的 提言

Abstract

Chinese character and Chinese writing, which were used as a common means of written expression in the cultural area of Chinese character in East Asia, even now play an important role in the life of language in many countries. In addition, from a cultural aspect it shows its capability for the understanding and succession of a country’s traditional culture. In this vein, it seems to be meaningful to present ‘the educational development of Chinese character and Chinese writing in East Asia’ as a topic for the discussion at this international conference. Chinese character and Chinese writing are not a mere letter or a cultural modality in China. It has been a symbolic and cosmological tool that connecting East Asia to the world. Therefore, it has a significant meaning to examine the current status of education of Chinese character and Chinese writing in Korea, Japan and China, because the education is still carried out in these countries. If taking the modality of discrimination in the countries which has become severe with the difference of cultural tradition and language into account, this theme of presentation seems to be significant and timely all the more. The countries in the East Asian cultural area are the same in that Chinese character and Chinese writing play an active role in people’s language life and traditional culture which have been inherited from forefathers. However, the educational situation of Chinese character and Chinese writing is different by countries. And the concrete modality of education of Chinese character and Chinese writing is also presented differently in the countries. In this international conference, scholars who taking in charge of research and education of Chinese character and Chinese writing in Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan presented a variety of their study findings on ‘the education of Chinese character and writing in East Asia’. These scholars’ qualitative study findings will be a valuable foundation to enhance the position of the education of Chinese character and Chinese writing. In addition, through the process of sharing a variety of study findings among scholars and countries, the developmental suggestions for the direction of education of Chinese character and Chinese writing in the future will be supplemented and concretized all the more.