What are the benefits of vernacular Chinese? Why can it promote social development? What are the disadvantages of abandoning classical Chinese? Please explain clearly.

Vernacular Chinese is a contemporary spoken language. The use of vernacular Chinese can make the general public understand the article and is conducive to the spread of knowledge. Classical Chinese, with fixed grammar and the same meaning, is conducive to the preservation of history and culture, but it is difficult to learn, understand and popularize because of the need, which is not conducive to the spread of knowledge. Classical Chinese was originally a summary of ancient spoken language, which appeared as early as the pre-Qin period.

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The ancient orthodox style is classical Chinese. Classical Chinese is a written style based on pre-Qin spoken language, with the classic works of Qin and Han dynasties as the paradigm, and formed with the continuous strengthening of feudal mainstream ideology.

In ancient times, before the Eastern Han Dynasty, bamboo slips and silks were used. Because the file carrier inevitably requires concise writing. The improvement of papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the popularization of paper use, coupled with the invention of movable type printing in the Song Dynasty, laid a material foundation for the emergence of vernacular Chinese.

Vernacular writing refers to a kind of "written language in China". It was formed on the basis of spoken language since the Tang and Song Dynasties. At first, it was only used in popular literary works, such as Bianwen in Tang Dynasty, scripts and novels in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, and some academic works and official documents after Song and Yuan Dynasties. It was not until the May 4th New Culture Movement that it was widely used in the whole society.