2025 Summary

I. Website Content Updates:
1. Completed 9 articles, including: "Advocates of the National Language Movement in the Late Qing Dynasty", "Bai Dizhou: A Young Talent in the National Language Movement", "The 'Network' of the National Language Movement", "Returnees in the National Language Movement", "The End of the National Language Movement", "Wang Shoukang: The 'Missionary' of the National Language", and "Unfulfilled Aspirations: The Lonely Ending of National Language Reformers".
2. Completed the "Personas List" of the National Language Movement, covering 300 individuals. 15 of them are introduced for the first time on this website, while others link to Wikipedia or Baidu for easy reference.
3. Completed the timeline of the National Language Movement and added it to the website for reader reference.
II. Key Research Direction: The End of the National Language Movement
By consulting materials donated by Y.R. Chao to the Bancroft Library at Berkeley and reading "Ye Shengtao's Diary", gathered fragmentary information on the aftermath of the movement and completed related articles.
III. Interviewed Mr. Wang Zhengfang Again
To understand the whereabouts of students from the 1948 Mandarin Training Class in Taiwan and the current status of Mandarin promotion in Taiwan.
IV. Provided Assistance to CASS Graduate Student Xi Bangrong
Assisted in completing the "Collection of Xiao Jialin's Works" and research on the National Language Movement in Taiwan.
V. Website Technical Maintenance
Performed multiple layout modifications and optimizations to improve readability; added a "Shuowen" (Etymology) page to prepare for the next stage of expansion.

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