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.

2013 年2 月19 日《光明日報》第11 版刊登了周溯源、張廣照《論漢字再簡化》一文，文章從“漢字的工具性決定它宜簡不宜繁”、“簡化是漢字進化、優化、美化的必由之路”、“漢字還有再簡化的空間”等三個方面進行了論述。筆者認為，《論漢字再簡化》提出的觀點存在進一步商榷的余地。21 世紀是一個信息化、網絡化的時代，我們擬從這一點入手，對“漢字再簡化”問題提出如下幾點質疑：1.信息化時代漢字的工具性已不能決定其宜简不宜繁，而漢字輸入電腦的速度才是關鍵所在；2.“簡化是漢字進化、優化、美化的必由之路”這是一個偽命題；3.漢字的確 有再簡化的空間，但這只是說漢字具有再簡化的可能性，并不是說具有再簡化的必 要性；4.信息化時代漢字的再簡化應該說已無任何的必要性。