Classical Chinese is relative to the vernacular Chinese after the New Culture Movement, and there was no such thing as classical Chinese in ancient times. It is characterized by paying attention to the use of allusions, parallel prose and neat melody, including strategies, poems, words, songs, stereotyped writing, parallel prose and other styles.
After the modification of literati in past dynasties, it became more and more flashy. Since the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, a master of literature, initiated the "ancient prose movement" and advocated returning to popular ancient prose. The classical Chinese in modern books are generally marked with punctuation marks in order to facilitate reading and understanding.
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Function words commonly used in classical Chinese:
And: table juxtaposition, progression, undertaking, turning point, hypothesis, modification, causality. And: equivalent to "ah"
Ho: what; How about it; Where; How; Why; How; Ah; Pass "ha" and ask questions. If: like, like
Almost: expressing doubt; Equivalent to "it"; Express sigh; It means imperative or command, which is equivalent to "ah" and "ah" What: And ...
Is it? : you, yours; His; This, this; So, so.
Its: he (she), it (she); Among them; Don't; What?
Common function words are: Ye, Ze, Yi, Zhe, Cause, Zhi, Wei, Yu, Yan, He, Mo and so on.