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An article in New Youth fired the first shot in the battle between wen-li, the ancient classical written language intelligible only to scholars, and pai-hua baihua, the despised medium of ordinary speech.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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Pearl herself said that she spoke and thought in pai-hua more readily than she did in English.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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A Columbia PhD student newly returned from the United States, Hu was the champion of pai-hua, arguing his case with a “brilliance and persuasiveness” that electrified young people like Pearl: “We recognized a fresh force in modern China.”
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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An article in New Youth fired the first shot in the battle between wen-li, the ancient classical written language intelligible only to scholars, and pai-hua baihua, the despised medium of ordinary speech.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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Pearl herself said that she spoke and thought in pai-hua more readily than she did in English.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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A Columbia PhD student newly returned from the United States, Hu was the champion of pai-hua, arguing his case with a “brilliance and persuasiveness” that electrified young people like Pearl: “We recognized a fresh force in modern China.”
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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