Yan Shigu and The Standardization of Chinese Language

摘要

Yan Shigu, a famous linguist, scribe and historian of the Tang Dynasty, is most famous as a linguist. He attached great importance to Chinese language standardization and had achieved major achievements in this regard through tireless efforts theoretically and practically. His proposal of the combination of the principle of "congzheng" and "suisu" is still enlightening in today's study on language standardization.