1907至1908年间,旅法中国留学生于巴黎创办的《新世纪》周刊以社会进化论为基调,以语言工具论为依据,宣传语言文字的进化和革命,认为汉文相较西文、万国新语是落后文字,理应被废除,中国文字应改用西文(或万国新语)。此论一出,即引起国内知识界关注,以章炳麟为代表的国粹派在《民报》、《国粹》报刊上发表数篇驳文,反对废除汉文,反对中国使用万国新语。 From 1907 to 1908, the “New Century” magazine, founded by the Chinese students studying in France in Paris, based on the theory of social evolution and based on linguistic instrumentalism, promoted the evolution and revolution of language and writing. The backward words should be abolished. The Chinese characters should be changed to Western (or New Mandarin). This theory came to the attention of domestic intellectuals. Quotas, represented by Zhang Binglin, published several refutations in the newspapers of the “People’s Daily” and “Quintessence” in opposition to the abolition of Chinese and the opposition to China’s use of new languages.