What does it mean to break sentences?

Sentence breaking refers to the essential direction and discontinuity of the sentences in the article, which belongs to the vernacular vocabulary in modern Chinese and is relatively rare in ancient times, and belongs to the frequently used Chinese vocabulary. It is more common in general occasions. Shuowen Jiezi recorded the detailed explanation of this word.

There are no punctuation marks in ancient books. When reading, you pause according to the meaning of the text, or add a circle to the book according to the pause at the same time. This is called sentence breaking. This kind of "sentence" is often shorter than that in modern grammar.

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Classical Chinese broken sentences:

First of all, we should correctly judge the style of sentences to be broken. If it is a biography with a story, it is necessary to master its general plot, central events and character relationships; If it is an argument, it is necessary to clarify the discussion center of this article, and then further clarify the logical relationship between the front and back according to the center. In short, before breaking sentences, you must read through the given article several times and try to grasp the main idea of the article as much as possible.

For the parts that are easy to break sentences, you can directly add diagonal lines or punctuation marks; For those who are temporarily uncertain, we can put them aside for final consideration.

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