Classical Chinese is an ancient or written language. If you quote classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics, even if it is dictated, most ancient scholars can understand it.
If it is written in classical Chinese by lz, you can understand it when you write it; But it is hard to say what you say orally, because there was also a terrible "dialect" obstacle in ancient times.
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Can the ancients understand a thing or two when they speak modern languages?
As lz said, the ancients could only understand a thing or two. Modern Chinese was equivalent to a dialect to the ancients.
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There are China classical songs, such as "Loyalty to the Country", which can be sung to them. Can they fully understand?
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The song "Loyalty to the Country" is really not classical Chinese, at best, it is half written and half white.
Can't fully understand.
2. Why should modern people learn classical Chinese, a language that no longer exists and does not need to be used? Classical Chinese has not completely withdrawn from our modern life. The vocabulary, grammar, allusions and idioms in classical Chinese are still vivid in our modern Chinese, such as "In a word, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and people are delighted to hear it, and vice versa. shine on you is better than blue, and kind and cherishes things". So it didn't fade away, but retreated from the stage to the background, or it was hidden behind a modern mask, and we talked and wrote unconsciously every day.
Classical Chinese embodies the wisdom and thoughts of the Chinese nation and is a treasure of Chinese culture. Learning classical Chinese can let us really touch the temperament of China. If you don't understand classical Chinese, you can't understand ancient documents, and the so-called inheritance, absorption and development are out of the question. The culture of any country has a foundation. China's cultural heritage began with ancient literature, and the classical Chinese recorded the ancient cultural heritage of our country. Such as Zhouyi, Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Tang poetry, Song poetry, novels, Qufu and so on. Their wisdom and value have not faded with the passage of time, but they are more and more dazzling and favored by future generations. Many principles and ideas of dealing with people benefit from Zhouyi. There are many summaries about the success or failure of governing the country in Historical Records and Zi Zhi Tong Jian. The health care of Huangdi Neijing makes modern medicine ashamed ... China's classics for nearly 3,000 years are written in classical Chinese. Relying on it, we have accumulated vast cultural heritage and formed national culture, national psychology, national character and national spirit. The wisdom and experience of ancestors have not changed for thousands of years, relying on classical Chinese. If you can read classical Chinese, you can talk to Confucius, meet Mencius and communicate with each other. Therefore, classical Chinese is the greatest invention of China ancient sages. With such a tool, we can pass on the wisdom, talents and accumulated experience of our predecessors.
Learning classical Chinese can improve our temperament and cultivation. Classical Chinese (including ancient poems) in middle school textbooks are masterpieces that have been read down through the ages. They are exemplary and representative in ideological content, emotional factors, artistic skills and language forms. They can cultivate sentiment, improve cultural quality, enrich people and help us become an elegant person. A person with a certain foundation in ancient literature will have appropriate expressions and actions in practical work, and it is easier to get close to success.
Learning classical Chinese can make our language concise and lively, and improve our reading ability and expression ability. Understand the relationship between ancient and modern vocabulary through classical Chinese and expand language knowledge. Modern Chinese and ancient Chinese come down in one continuous line. Learning classical Chinese can help us understand the origin, exact meaning and evolution of idioms, and we can also use idioms correctly.
Learning classical Chinese can improve our language use ability and appreciation ability. Many great writers in modern and contemporary China, because of their profound classical literature accomplishment and language accomplishment, used fixed words, phrases or sentence forms in classical literature flexibly, thus forming their own unique style and becoming literary masters. The so-called works of some "famous" "writers" in modern times, under close reading, always feel shallow compared with the works of those literary masters in those years. What is this? Lack of cultural background. The root of the lack of inside information lies in the lack of accumulation of classical literature, so even if it is a smash hit, it will soon pass.
Learning classical Chinese can help us learn the writing skills of famous ancient writers. Poems written by ancient writers have their own characteristics in conception, conception, drawing materials, cutting materials, using allusions, planning articles, layout, wording and sentences, narration, description of people, lyricism, analysis and expression of things, etc. Ancient writers paid special attention to the artistic conception, structure and language of articles, and learning classical Chinese was of great help to improve their literary accomplishment and writing ability. China's influential literature is well versed in China's ancient literature. Even if I don't plan to be a writer in the future, no matter what occupation I am engaged in, I will inevitably communicate with others. It is always the minimum requirement to make your own views clear, and you can learn methods from classical Chinese.
Although I think reading classical Chinese is very emotional, the above words still feel quite rigid and a little boastful. It is not easy for students to persuade orally, but talking is better than nothing.
3. Why do modern people want to learn ancient classical Chinese-learning classical Chinese, knowing some classical Chinese knowledge and having the ability to read simple classical Chinese are helpful to inherit the cultural heritage of the motherland, learn the great spirit of ancestors, enhance national pride, cultivate patriotism, establish the ambition to revitalize China, and improve ideological, intellectual and cultural quality; It can also deepen the understanding of modern Chinese and improve the language cultivation and expression ability of modern Chinese;
You can learn about the 5,000-year history of China and know many wonderful and fascinating stories.
-Classical Chinese is the source of modern Chinese. Many words in modern Chinese are derived from classical Chinese, and many sentences in classical Chinese have become idioms in modern Chinese. Learning classical Chinese can greatly promote the learning of modern Chinese.
-improve literary literacy and writing ability, enhance the value of life, and even change the fate of life.
-Classical Chinese is concise, elegant and cadence, which is very beautiful to read.
-China's ancient records are a huge treasure house, and there are a lot of materials for modern research, but if you don't know classical Chinese, you won't need them.
This introduction is still relatively abstract, and I will give you a few examples for the latter:
The history of modern meteorology is only 100 years, and the record of modern meteorology is only 100 years at most. However, Zhu Kezhen, a famous meteorologist in China, wrote a monograph "Study on Climate Change in China in Five Thousand Years", which caused a shock in the world. Where did he get the information? From all kinds of ancient books. The meteorological data of other countries are only 100 years, while that of China is several thousand years.
There are cures for cancer in ancient books.
-Meng Qian Bitan has a record of "UFO".
-About earthquakes, floods, eclipses, eclipses and comets.