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There was also ideologial push to increase literacy from religious movements after reformation (Luther and Jesuit etc) which did not happen at China.
by antupis 4y ago
There was also ideologial push to increase literacy from religious movements after reformation (Luther and Jesuit etc) which did not happen at China.
- jhbadger 4y agoI think it was more the other direction. Protestantism was based on the idea that people should read the Bible themselves rather than have priests interpret it for them as had been traditionally done. This was impractical before printing because hand-copied books were so expensive. Cheap printed books led to the possibility of these movements being successful.
- joshuacc 4y agoIt goes both directions. Without the printing press, the rise of mass religious movements prioritizing literacy would not have been possible. But once the printing press was there, the religious movements pushed literacy forward faster than it would have gone without them.
- thematrixturtle 4y agoThe Communists came pretty close to dumping characters in favor of Latin script (pinyin). And this actually happened in Vietnam, although we have the French to thank/blame for that.