Is it better to read the classical Chinese of Historical Records or to translate it?

1. Is it better to buy the vernacular version or the classical version? I think it should be like this. This book doesn't mean which version is better than which. As an academic researcher, it is necessary to use the Historical Records pieced together by Zhonghua Book Company. As a beginner or amateur, it is better to read this way:

1) The foundation of ancient Chinese is not very good. People like the landlord can read the vernacular historical records first (Yuelu Bookstore is better and more authoritative. Do you have a week to go to the city? Preface)

2) After reading Historical Records in the vernacular, you can have a certain understanding of the book, and then you can choose the vernacular version (the classical Chinese version without a lot of annotations) and the Dictionary of Ancient Chinese Common Words by the Commercial Press. I believe the landlord can skip the first one and look at the second one directly. I recommend the Chinese version of Historical Records by Zhonghua Book Company. It has just been published, and it should still be available in bookstores. I won't mention the authoritative features of this version. More importantly, the names, places and special nouns in the text are underlined, which is more convenient to read.

3) Generally speaking, it is very strong to be able to do the first two points. I can't read the historical records twice myself, so it's so good # _ #. If the landlord wants to continue to specialize in research, he will go to the bookstore and spend 200 yuan to bring home the top ten masterpieces of Historical Records by Zhonghua Book Company.

2. How to read historical records correctly and improve the level of classical Chinese is suggested to be divided into three steps:

First, clear the excerpts from middle school Chinese textbooks, so that important chapters can be accurately repeated or even recited, and key special sentence patterns can be accurately explained, laying a solid foundation for expanding reading.

Second, read the full text along the clues of the excerpt and find out the ins and outs of important chapters. For example, what did Chen Sheng do after the Chen She uprising? What is the relationship between Qin and Zhao in Lian Lin Zhuan after the complete return to Zhao, Mianchi meeting and great reconciliation? ...

Third, expand the scope of reading. At least two more books should be read in this book: Biography of Qin Shihuang and Gao Ancestral Family. Noble families should read three more books: Goujian Family, Confucius Family and zhou bo Family, and at most ten biographies can be read: Biography of Su Qin, Biography of Mencius and Xun Qing, Biography of Meng Changjun, Biography of Wei Gongzi, Biography of Huaiyin Hou and Biography of Assassin. Books and tables can be ignored first.