Why do professors at Beijing Normal University learn classical Chinese?

Classical Chinese is the source of modern Chinese. Many words in modern Chinese come 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.