Can you understand this sentence?

Yeah. I understand it.

the second part of the sentence is very awkwardly worded and if I am understanding what it is attemtpting to convey, I don't believe it's necessarily true.

An understanding of the sentence requires a knowledge of the historical and philosophical traditions associated with "Hanja" e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja

The semantics of the sentence involves the analogy that the appreciation of "Culture" like that of "Art" is enhanced by knowledge of its traditions and historical origins of its contributors."

You're a better man than I am, Spendi. (In this instance, at any rate.)

No. It's a poor sentence. It's meaning is not clear, and it is ungrammatical.

It's also bullshit . . . the invention of an alphabet for Korea by a 15th century Korean King made wide-spread literacy possible, and greatly improved the lives of the people on the Korean peninsula. Many Chinese have never forgiven them for abandoning Chinese characters, and they continue to peddle an idiotic line that Chinese characters "enriched" Korean life. Having an alphabet for expressing their own language in a rational manner enriched their lives.

I understood it in terms of Parkinson's Law. It's bullshit written to fill up a space and intended to be read by people who while away their time perusing the written word without taking the risk of moving their minds forward. International travellers for example who might give the impression reading it in a deck chair on a cruise ship that they are doing something worthwhile and thus have a life.

Let's face it--"beginning to realise more and more" is what new born babies do.

I belive that Fansy is a foreign student and trying to understand the sentence structure. Once she does that, then she can decide the merits of the sentence.

When one understands / characters
then one can understand the subjectivity
and
one can enjoy
and one can culitivate