Introduction of auxiliary materials for learning ancient Chinese;
Compared with vernacular Chinese, classical Chinese is nothing more than awkward and obscure. If you want to devote yourself to learning ancient Chinese, you can't limit your horizons.
In the Chinese book. Recommended supplementary materials: Introduction to China's ancient literature, Zi Tongzhi Jian, Historical Records, Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Han Feizi, etc.
Introduction of auxiliary materials for learning ancient Chinese characters;
The term "ancient Chinese characters" is incorrect, but it should be called "Chinese characters". The reform after 1952 is called "simplified Chinese characters". Recommended auxiliary materials: Copybook for calligraphy, Traditional Chinese Dictionary, Taiwan Province News Today website, Simplified and Complicated Characters, etc.
2. What etymologies of reference books are helpful to the study of ancient poetry?
This book is the best, most commonly used and most authoritative reference book for ancient Chinese. It has published the third edition.
This book is "the communication between modern people and modern people, and it is a bridge between modern people and traditional culture" (preface).
The third edition takes both the present and the present into account in phonetic notation, including modern Chinese pinyin and reverse phonetic notation, and indicates which rhyme department it belongs to, which is also very helpful to modern poetry lovers.
Indicate the source when explaining the text, so as to facilitate the retrieval of the original text.
It is the most suitable reference book for ancient Chinese. But the whole book is traditional, which may be a bit difficult for some people with weak foundation, but it's nothing after overcoming it.
Wang Li's Dictionary of Ancient Chinese
Mr. Wang Li is a famous linguist in China, and this dictionary is his ideal dictionary. Although this dictionary looks simple, it is more practical for readers.
First of all, this dictionary expands the generality of the meaning. Many meanings can be combined, but it will not affect the interpretation of meaning.
Unusual meanings of words are listed in the reference column. Many words have meanings only once, and then they are not used, for reference only.
The dictionary also introduces the development of words in the times and tries to show what words were used after what dynasty.
There is a general statement in front of each radical, which can help us understand some word-formation rules and deepen our understanding of Chinese characters.
There are synonyms in the book.
The full text of this book is also in traditional Chinese, which needs to be adapted.
Kangxi dictionary
It used to be the dictionary with the most words and the most phonetic notation. Its first Chinese character arrangement with radicals of 2 14 is also proposed for the first time in this book. This book's phonetic notation is reversed, which makes it inconvenient to explain the introduction in classical Chinese.
Classics and scriptures
This is a dictionary that collects ancient word meanings. The definition of each word will be explained by the definition sentence in ancient books, which has a complete meaning and is an important reference book for learning ancient Chinese.
If you think the above is not enough, the Chinese Dictionary published by Sichuan Dictionary Publishing House can meet almost all your requirements. But it is said that there are few words about Buddhist scriptures in Chinese dictionaries. I haven't read it and I don't know how to read it.
3. What dictionaries do friends who often read classical Chinese prepare? I saw an ancient Chinese textbook saying that the commonly used classical Chinese reference books are Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Kangxi Dictionary and so on.
If you look up ancient Chinese characters and words, use the Ancient Chinese Dictionary (red cover). The dictionary of common words in ancient Chinese has too few words, which is the most elementary. I used to use the dictionary of common words in ancient Chinese, but I felt that many words, especially words, could not be found.
If you are reading poetry, I personally suggest looking up the Dictionary of Poetry Lines (now this book has been improved and supplemented, and its title is roughly the same as Poetry Lines, so look it up online).
If possible, read the dictionary of common allusions again and get familiar with all kinds of allusions.
Of course, every dynasty, every ancient writing is different. To have a "sense of language", just read more books.
4. How to learn classical Chinese well and help solve it? Let me talk about my high school experience! See if I can help you.
First of all, you should have some knowledge of ancient Chinese, at least in junior high school! For example, remember some common ancient meanings of words!
Second, you should prepare a good translation book of ancient Chinese (don't worry, I don't want you to read it). It is best to have a separate translation of high school textbooks in different places!
Third, read a few ancient texts that you don't understand, get to know them, ponder them a little, and then translate them in your own language. After the translation, compare it with the translated book, see what you lack, improve it slowly, and then recite the important parts.
Fourth, do more translation and accumulate more vocabulary.
Don't study hard, what the teacher said may not be right! Discuss more with classmates and friends.