What is classical Chinese?

1. Why is classical Chinese called "classical Chinese" relative to "vernacular Chinese"? Classical Chinese: The first "article" refers to a written article. "Speech" means writing, expressing and recording. "Classical Chinese" refers to written language, and "classical Chinese" is relative to spoken language. "Classical Chinese" refers to "articles written in written language", while "vernacular Chinese" refers to "articles written in ordinary and plain oral language". In ancient China, it was different to express the same thing in spoken and written language. For example, if you want to ask someone if they have eaten, what they say in oral language is eaten. And using books and language to express it is "rice?" "Fanbu" is classical Chinese. In ancient China, all articles were written in written language. Therefore, now we generally refer to ancient Chinese as "classical Chinese".

2. What is the open classification of classical Chinese? Culture, language, style and classical Chinese in Putonghua are relative to vernacular Chinese.

The first "article" refers to a written article. "Speech" means writing, expressing and recording.

"Classical Chinese", that is, written language, is relative to "spoken language", which is also called "vernacular". The last word "Wen" refers to works, articles, etc. , which means genre.

"Classical Chinese" means "articles written in written language". And "vernacular" means: "articles written in plain spoken language".

In ancient China, it was different to express the same thing in spoken and written language. For example, if you want to ask someone if they have eaten, you can express it in spoken English as "Have you eaten?" And using books and language to express it is "rice?" . "Fanbu" is classical Chinese.

In ancient China, all articles were written in written language. Therefore, now we generally refer to ancient Chinese as "classical Chinese". Classical Chinese is a treasure of China culture, and the ancients left us a lot of classical Chinese.

In China, the study of classical Chinese plays a very important role in the Chinese curriculum in middle schools. What is classical Chinese? 1. Classical Chinese is wonderful.

There is no doubt about it. Classical Chinese is an important part of China traditional culture.

This shows that the history of modern civilization in China is still very short, and it is necessary to deconstruct or interpret the traditional culture, because the inheritance of traditional wisdom is based on the correct interpretation of classical Chinese. 2. Classical Chinese is knowledge.

This is right, because classical Chinese is no longer a language, it is purely a kind of writing. But classical Chinese is knowledge, and so is Oracle Bone Inscriptions. Why not learn from Oracle Bone Inscriptions? By the way, it is precisely because Oracle Bone Inscriptions is a relatively primitive writing, so classical Chinese is the basis for further study of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and other traditional advanced writing (learning).

3. Classical Chinese is also a skill. The expression, description, combination, transformation, metaphor, comparison and deduction of Chinese fully bear the style of Chinese civilization in ideological expression.

Mastering the physical structure of classical Chinese has a profound understanding of modern Chinese, and there are "laws" to follow in the construction of new Chinese. 4. "Classical Chinese" is the antonym of "vernacular Chinese".

The structure of this word is as follows: classical Chinese-Chinese. The first "text" is "writing" and "speech" is language.

"Classical Chinese" refers to "written language". It shows two meanings: first, it shows that classical Chinese is a language; Secondly, the language was written later.

"Written" language also has two meanings: one is a culture that can have language without words, for example, most ethnic minorities only have language without words; Secondly, the function of language quits life and becomes history in the form of words. The literal meaning of "classical Chinese" should be: the written language style.

The latter's "text" refers to style. So does classical Chinese have a "future" besides archaeological research? In other words, what life application value will it have? I think there is.

When the traditional life style fades out of modern society, people just ignore the social life in some marginal fields, which leads to the suspicion or neglect of classical Chinese in modern application. For example, in religious buildings, some inscriptions will still be written in classical Chinese, or in calligraphy and engraved with tools.

The application of seal script is also mostly the same. The word "classical Chinese" can also include the relationship between language and writing in cultural history.

In a certain form, once a language, including dialects, is "literate" and written, its language charm will be reduced and its writing function will be doubled. Because language is usually passed down orally and closely related to life, language has not yet entered the cultural state. It is the retention of life experience, without the expansion of words.

In the process of reading classical Chinese, we will inevitably have an illusion: did the ancients say so? I think this can be "felt" through the differences in the expression of written and spoken languages in the present tense, and there is not much difference in the structural rules between them. It can also be speculated that the ancient people's speech is just more casual, albino and popular than classical Chinese, and "three words and two beats" can also be used as a reference.

As for reading classical Chinese now, of course, it does not mean repeating the words of the ancients, but reciting or silently reading a style. Reading classical Chinese is a very clear way of thinking, just like reading the works of western philosophers occasionally, it is very solemn.

The Value of Contemporary Classical Chinese Revival Classical Chinese Revival is one of the hot spots in the cultural revival movement in contemporary China. Its appearance has the same profound historical background as the China Cultural Renaissance Movement, and it is an integral part of the Chinese National Renaissance Movement.

On the surface, the revival of classical Chinese is a denial of vernacular Chinese advocated by Hu Shi and others, but in essence it is an extension of vernacular Chinese movement. The popularity of vernacular Chinese has greatly increased the audience of generalized culture, but made the direct audience of China traditional culture less and less-thus posing an unprecedented threat to the inheritance of China culture.

It is precisely because of the need to inherit China culture completely and accurately that the revival of classical Chinese has become a historical necessity. The revival of classical Chinese can not deny the existence and value of vernacular Chinese.

Chinese mainland's revival of classical Chinese began to sprout in 1980s. The concept of revival of classical Chinese was clearly put forward by Liu Zhou, a young scholar, in The First Step of Cultural Revival in China (Suggestions).

In 2007, Guangming Daily published "Hundred Cities Fu", which showed the state's attitude towards the revival of classical Chinese. The proposal of the revival of classical Chinese was put forward by a young scholar, which shows that the development potential of the revival of classical Chinese is very strong.