History
See also: Pe̍h-ōe-jīThe following systems were official in the ROC:
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh (GR, 1928-1986)
- Mandarin Phonetic Symbols II (MPS II, 1986-2002)
- Tongyong Pinyin (2002-2008)
- Hanyu Pinyin (since January 1, 2009)
(All except the last were locally developed by officials of the ROC)
Alongside these aforementioned nominally official systems, Wade-Giles has been widely used for decades in many contexts, such as in passports.
When Tongyong was introduced, place names — except the top level divisions — were romanised in Tongyong. Street and building signs have been normally transcribed in one of the official systems and not Wade-Giles, except in Taipei, where Hanyu Pinyin was adapted in the early 2000s, before the rest of the country.
Read more about this topic: Romanization Of Chinese In The Republic Of China
Famous quotes containing the word history:
“The foregoing generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes. Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!”
—Camille Paglia (b. 1947)
“What would we not give for some great poem to read now, which would be in harmony with the scenery,—for if men read aright, methinks they would never read anything but poems. No history nor philosophy can supply their place.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)