What are the techniques for learning classical Chinese?

The first step: understand the general idea without asking for details. When we get a classical Chinese article, we must first read it briefly to grasp the general meaning of the article, skip over any words we don't know, and read directly below. This has two advantages: first, it can cultivate students' ability to extract information from an article; second, when encountering problems that they do not know, students will get stuck there and lose interest in reading classical Chinese. So, when we roughly understand a classical Chinese text but still cannot fully understand the profound meaning of the classical Chinese text, we need to proceed to the second step.

Step 2: decipher the words by chewing on the text. After the first rough reading, the unfamiliar words are like pebbles on a flat road, making our feet ache. In this step, we must remove these obstacles that limit us and thoroughly understand the meaning of classical Chinese. content. In this step, students should combine the annotations in the book to understand the meaning of key words and accumulate these words to lay a good foundation for future classical Chinese writing.

Step 3: Think deeply and seek the truth. We read classical Chinese to understand it and to understand what it tells us about life. Our ancient ancestors were very wise, and this wisdom is often passed on to us through classical Chinese and Chinese characters, so we can grasp the wisdom of the ancients in this way and apply it to composition or life.