Talk:Sansha

Early Mentions

[1] p 10 (1917) Sansha, Fukien . . 26.54 120.13
[2] p 57 (1925) Sansha .. .. Fukien .. .. 三 沙
Not all Chinese characters in mainland China are simplified Chinese characters- many characters were not simplified. Do we go back to the 1950's to find the origin of those pre-existing glyphs? No, we go to the Han dynasty and before: that character already existed, regardless of what the CCP said about that pre-existing character. Similarly, there are many English romanization words used for mainland China locations that, although consistent with pinyin, pre-exist the pinyin system. Do we then want to write in the etymologies of those words 'well it came from pinyin too lol!' No! The CCP stuck with the pre-existing words in some cases, and those words don't come from pinyin. It is more correct to say that pinyin comes from those pre-existing words. See Talk:Shanghai and Talk:Taibei.
--Geographyinitiative (talk) 23:31, 22 August 2021 (UTC)