Lu Zhuangzhang – Father of Modern Chinese Pinyin

As a pioneering （開創性的） writing reformer in China, Lu Zhuangzhang （盧戇章） was the first Chinese to propose a system of spelling for the Chinese language.  Lu was born in 1854 in the late Qing Dynasty in the Fujian province. As a boy, he grew up in Xiamen （廈門） where Romanized （羅馬化） writing of the local language was widely used in newspapers and books after it was introduced ...Read More