Some people will say that when I read ancient books, I can refer to other people's notes or translations, which can't completely solve the problem. First, not all ancient books have annotations or translated versions, and quite a few ancient books have not yet done this work; Secondly, even the annotated version only pays attention to the annotations of difficult words, things and allusions, and does not have the common sense of ancient Chinese vocabulary and grammar, so it is still difficult to read ancient books with the help of annotations; Third, just as foreign books often lose their inherent charm after being translated into Chinese, they should be translated into modern Chinese, especially ancient poems.
Theoretically, modern Chinese is developed from ancient Chinese. Although there are great differences between classical Chinese and modern Chinese, they are constantly linked. On the one hand, they are in the same strain, and no matter how modern Chinese develops and changes, some childhood characteristics should be preserved; On the other hand, for two thousand years, people who can write are very expressive and used to using classical Chinese. The expression habit of classical Chinese must have penetrated into the common spoken language at that time and passed down from generation to generation, so modern Chinese can't but be doped with a considerable amount of classical Chinese. Therefore, even reading modern works requires knowledge of ancient Chinese.
As the same word in modern Chinese, because of different cultural attainments, one's understanding of ancient Chinese is high or low, so one's understanding of the meaning of this word will be profound or shallow. Adding up the differences in the understanding of all words, their sum determines that people's understanding of modern Chinese is bound to be profound and shallow.
Many people think that in terms of expression, the wealth of classical Chinese is richer than that of modern Chinese. If modern Chinese wants to increase its expressive ability, it must absorb nutrients from classical Chinese. A few even think that modern Chinese can't write well if it can't be absorbed. Anyway, one thing is certain. To learn ancient Chinese, we can learn writing methods from ancient writers and use the relevant knowledge of ancient Chinese to write, so as to improve our writing level and learn writing methods.
In a word, the ultimate goal of learning ancient Chinese is to improve everyone's reading ability and writing ability, so that everyone can get a higher level of pleasure and enhance their practical work ability.