There are many dialects in China. What common language was used to communicate in ancient times? Is it Mandarin now?

There were many dialects before, but after Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, he unified the characters, cars, tracks, weights and measures and so on. Of course, this also includes language. Otherwise, the emperor listened to the civil and military officials in the early morning, and everyone said a dialect and the emperor collapsed. However, in ancient times, this kind of word was not called Mandarin, but elegant words should be a modern version of Mandarin. It is the existence of elegant words that saved many people from communication problems.

1. What is Yayan?

According to historical records, elegance is the earliest common language. In a sense, it will be similar to modern Mandarin, but the ancients preferred elegant words, so they named this language Yayan (goose bumps everywhere). The Mandarin spoken by modern people began to be used after the founding of the People's Republic of China, so Yayan should be somewhat different from the Mandarin spoken by modern people.

Many scholars in modern times found through research that the elegant and popular characters commonly used by the ancients may be modern Shaanxi dialect. Although there are no words to prove it directly, scholars can see from the expression of people's language environment at that time that Yazi is the modern version of Shaanxi dialect.

Second, what are the benefits of a common language?

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, the first problem was language. Ancient people took the country as the unit, that is to say, the weights and measures, language, clothing and writing of each country were different. Others say that this language is a big problem. If you want people to go out and buy a dish, you can't understand. The emperor couldn't understand what the minister said in court, and neither could the minister. So Qin Shihuang decided that since the six countries were unified, they must all be unified within his jurisdiction.

So, Sylvia appeared. The appearance of Yayan makes people no longer difficult to communicate because of language problems, and also makes them start to have business contacts. It can be said that the appearance of elegant words not only increases the harmony between people, but also promotes the economic development, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone!