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Exegetics (pronounced "G", the same as "Gu") is a subject that studies the meaning of Chinese traditional ancient books, and it is a branch of Chinese traditional literature-primary school. Exegetics not only explains ancient meanings, but also analyzes grammatical and rhetorical phenomena in ancient books. It studies ancient documents from the perspective of language and helps people read classic documents. A study of explaining the meaning of words according to their shapes and sounds. The emphasis is on the study of ancient word meaning, especially the study of Chinese phenomena such as word meaning, grammar and rhetoric in ancient books before Han and Wei Dynasties.
Annotation of exegesis
The so-called "exegesis" is also called "exegesis", "exegesis", "exegesis", "explanation" and "exegesis", which explains the meaning in popular language and is called "exegesis"; Explaining ancient languages in contemporary terms is called "Yi". The combination of "exegetics" was first seen in the Book of Songs annotated by Mao Heng, a native of Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period. This book is called Biography of Poetry. There are three ways to annotate ancient prose: ancient, exegetical and biographical. The combination of exegetics began with ancient books in Han Dynasty.