bái

白

huà

话（話）

wén

文

Many of Lu Xun's works were written in vernacular Chinese.

Most modern primary and secondary school Chinese textbooks use vernacular writing.

It took nearly a century for vernacular writing to replace classical Chinese as the dominant literary form.

Students new to classical Chinese often prefer reading vernacular writing.

Hu Shi was one of the key advocates of the vernacular writing movement.