@lengyo.ai: Two people meet in China. One speaks Mandarin, the other Cantonese. Out loud, they can barely understand each other. Write it down, and they read the same words. Why? In 221 BC, after conquering six rival kingdoms, the First Emperor of Qin (秦始皇) and his minister Li Si (李斯) did something that still shapes how over a billion people read today: one script for the entire empire. 书同文 (shū tóng wén): writing with the same characters. In this video: 🗺️ The seven Warring States, and why each one wrote differently 🐎 Real regional forms of 马 “horse”, from Qi, Yan, Chu, Qin and the Jin states ⚔️ Qin’s conquest, 230–221 BC 🏛️ Shǐ Huángdì: the first “emperor” title 📜 Small seal script, the Cāngjié Piān primer, and the clerks who invented a faster script ✍️ How 文 went from seal script to the characters you read today Learning to read Chinese yourself? That’s what we do at Lengyo AI. Follow for more stories from Chinese history and culture! #ChineseHistory #LearnChinese #mandarin

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