Classical Chinese comes from vernacular Chinese, characterized by writing based on words, paying attention to the use of allusions, parallel prose, neat rhythm and no punctuation, including strategies, poems, words, songs, stereotyped writing, parallel prose and ancient prose.
Compared with the vernacular (including spoken and written language), the characteristics of classical Chinese are mainly manifested in grammar and vocabulary:
First, grammatical features
The grammatical features of classical Chinese are mainly manifested in parts of speech and word order. Generally speaking, classical Chinese uses parts of speech more flexibly than vernacular Chinese.
Second, the vocabulary characteristics
There are great differences in vocabulary between classical Chinese and vernacular Chinese. This difference must usually be listed in the form of a dictionary or dictionary in order to fully express it.
Three cores of classical Chinese learning
First, read more books.
First, read more books. The seniors studied classical Chinese, emphasizing reading more and getting familiar with it. The so-called "reading a hundred times, its meaning is self-evident." After reading more and getting familiar with it, you will gradually master a certain number of classical Chinese words and understand some rules of sentence-making in classical Chinese. When reading aloud, the use of eyes, mouth, ears and heart can strengthen memory and enhance the sense of language.
Second, carry more.
On the basis of reading aloud, recite as many texts as possible. It would be better if you can also reflect the charm and emotion of the original text in a cadence when reciting. Generally speaking, when a paragraph or sentence is put forward, we can immediately know which text it comes from and its meaning. This is the basic skill. As long as we persist in mastering some ancient language materials in a down-to-earth manner, we can get some rules for learning classical Chinese from them.
Third, remember more.
The main research contents of classical Chinese include words, characters, grammar, phonology, rhetorical expression and stylistic features, among which words should be emphasized first. Remember more common words in classical Chinese, which is the key to learn classical Chinese well. This requires that when reading and studying the text, whenever you encounter words you don't know or can't speak, you should remember their meanings along with the text.
Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-classical Chinese