Ancient Chinese:
Ancient Chinese is the ancient language of Han nationality. Compared with modern Chinese, in a broad sense, all the languages used by the Han people before the May 4th Movement can be regarded as ancient Chinese. Ancient Chinese can be divided into written language and spoken language. The oral language of ancient ancestors is now left in some Chinese dialects.
Introduction:
Ancient Chinese is divided into written language and spoken language. Because of the spoken language of the ancients, I can't hear it anymore. The ancient Chinese we often say only refers to written language.
From written records to the May 4th Movement, the writing form of ancient Chinese has a history of more than 3,000 years. Generally speaking, ancient Chinese can be divided into four periods: ancient, ancient, medieval and modern.
Ancient times refers to the period from the Yin and Shang Dynasties, ancient times refers to the Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties, medieval times refers to Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, and modern times refers to Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Modern Chinese:
Modern Chinese is not only a language, but also a discipline, which is divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Modern Chinese in a broad sense refers to the language used by Han people after the May 4th Movement, including not only modern standard Chinese (Mandarin) but also Chinese dialects, while modern Chinese in a narrow sense only refers to the common language of modern Han people-modern standard Mandarin.
China Branch:
There are significant differences in modern Chinese dialects. On the division of dialects, academic views are still not unified, including the seven-zone theory and the 10 zone theory. In 1980s, the Atlas of Chinese Language compiled by China Academy of Social Sciences and australian academy of the humanities divided Chinese dialects into 10 regions: Mandarin, Wu dialect, Xiang dialect, Gan dialect, Hakka dialect, Cantonese, Min dialect, Jin dialect, Hui dialect and Pinghua.
China ancient literature:
Ancient literature generally includes European ancient literature and China ancient literature. European ancient literature includes ancient Greek literature and Roman literature, while China ancient literature is classified by time, including pre-Qin and Han literature, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties literature, Tang and Song literature, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties literature.