Interpretation of ancient Chinese nouns

Ancient books refer to books that are not printed by modern printing technology. In ancient times, books were called classics, also called documents, which had three meanings: documents, archives and books. With the passage of time, the chronicle files are sorted out for people to read, so as to spread knowledge and experience and form a book. The content of the book is increasing day by day, the carrier tends to be diversified, and the production technology is constantly improving. In order to facilitate reading, different binding styles such as "simplified book", "scroll", "album" and "thread-bound book" have been produced.

"Ancient" is relative to "present", and books printed without modern printing technology can be called ancient books.

Books began to appear when people began to consciously engrave on specific forms of materials to record knowledge and spread ideas. In the history of compiling ancient books in China, it is proposed that books must have the following six components:

1. Knowledge information;

2. The way of writing;

3. Text;

4. Material carrier;

5. Text production technology;

6. Binding form.

The traditional classification of ancient books in China adopts four parts: classics, history, sub-books and collections, and the four parts are subdivided into 44 categories.