[Concurrent] China News Agency reporter Ge Yong

　　Language is a mirror, reflecting cultural self-confidence, historical precipitation, exchanges and cooperation.

When China's development achievements continue to attract the attention of the world, the world is more eager to understand the cultural superiority behind China's development, and language has built such a bridge.

　　[Explanation] The name of the person writing Chinese in front of the camera is Richard Sears. He is one of the first scholars in the world to use modern technology to study the source of Chinese characters. He is called "Uncle Chinese Characters."

Recently, he accepted an exclusive interview with China News Service.

　　[Concurrent] American scholar Richard Sears

　　When I was young, I was not a very hard-working student. At that time, I learned Chinese conversation. I only started to learn Chinese characters when I was 40 years old. Then I made the world's first website of Chinese character sources.

　　[Explanation] Richard Sears spent 20 years sorting out oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, small seals and other glyphs and put them on the Internet. Chinese character learners around the world can view the corresponding glyphs as long as they input Chinese characters.

　　[Explanation] Why learn Chinese characters?

Why "seeking the root" for Chinese characters?

He said that everything stems from his own interests.

　　[Concurrent] On-site

　　The newspaper’s original meaning is that evil is rewarded for evil, and good is rewarded for good.

Then it became a sentence document, then a government document, and finally a newspaper report.

　　[Concurrent] American scholar Richard Sears

　　Most Chinese people have memorized Chinese characters by rote since elementary school. If you know the pictographic source of each component of (Chinese characters), its original image, original meaning, and the source of each Chinese character are reasonable, so I have to find every A story of Chinese characters.

　　[Explanation] Within ten years, he scanned 48,000 "Liu Shu Tong" seal characters, 24,000 "Bronze Inscriptions" fonts, and 31,000 "Oracle Bone Inscriptions".

In his opinion, analyzing the source of Chinese characters can better understand Chinese culture.

　　[Concurrent] American scholar Richard Sears

　　During the Spring Festival, they (the Chinese) would put an upside-down character of blessing on the door.

The Chinese have a habit. They reverse the word "Fu" to indicate that the wine or the contents stored in the container means to be poured into the home. This is Chinese culture.

　　[Explanation] According to Richard Sears, Chinese characters belong not only to China, but also to the world.

　　[Concurrent] American scholar Richard Sears

　　Every month, audiences from more than 190 countries pay attention to my website, and there are more than 1 million visits every month.

This also means that Chinese belongs to the world, and Chinese characters are not only Chinese, but also part of the culture of the world.

　　[Explanation] According to statistics from Hanban, as of 2020, more than 70 countries around the world have included Chinese in their national education systems. More than 4,000 foreign universities, more than 30,000 primary and secondary schools, and more than 45,000 Chinese schools and training institutions have opened Chinese course.

　　[Concurrent] American scholar Richard Sears

　　Many foreigners also want to know Chinese culture, Chinese economy, and Chinese science.

Therefore, learning Chinese and Chinese characters are becoming more and more important.

　　[Explanation] In December 2020, 70-year-old Richard Sears received a permanent residence ID card for foreigners in the People’s Republic of China.

With this card, "Uncle Chinese" plans to live in Nanjing for a long time.

In September this year, "Uncle Chinese Character Studio" was established in Nanjing.

　　[Concurrent] American scholar Richard Sears

　　I have two "wives", one is science and the other is Chinese characters. I insist on learning Chinese characters every day.

I am 71 years old now, but no matter how old I live, I still want to share the story of the origin of Chinese characters.

　　Reporter Ge Yong reports from Nanjing, Jiangsu

Editor in charge: [Song Fangcan]