The twenty-first century is the Age of Digitization and Internet. According to the backdrop we are in, the paper points out that arguments and grounds of argument in the essay composed by Zhou Suyuan and Zhang Guangzhao still need to be further discussed: 1. The instrumentality of Chinese characters in the Age of Digitization can not determine its comlexity or simplicity in appearance. 2. It is a false proposition to say that the simplification is a must for the evolution, optimization and beautification of Chinese characters. 3. For further simplification of characters is definitely a possibility, but not a necessity. The Age of Digitization requires characters to stay in a relatively stable state. The standardization and unification of Chinese characters must be from a perspective of informatization and internationalization. As for now, there is no possibility or necessity for further simplification.

• 朱建軍(上海外國語大學國際文化交流學院副教授) | Jianjun ZHU