Therefore, classical Chinese, like poetry, belongs to the knowledge content of the ancient poetry system, but compared with ancient poetry, classical Chinese has no such great limitations and prescribed system, so it is easier to understand.
What is classical Chinese:
Classical Chinese is an article composed of written Chinese in ancient China. Before the May 4th Movement, the languages used by the Han nationality mainly included written language based on the spoken language in the pre-Qin period. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, bamboo slips and silk books were used to record characters. With the change of history and the evolution of spoken language, the difference between classical Chinese and spoken language has gradually widened, and classical Chinese has become the exclusive language of literati.
Classical Chinese is relative to the vernacular Chinese after the New Culture Movement. There was no such thing as classical Chinese in ancient times. It is characterized by paying attention to the use of allusion, parallel prose and neat melody, including strategies, poems, words, songs, stereotyped writing, parallel prose and other cultures. It has become more and more flashy after being decorated by literati in past dynasties. Since the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, a great writer, initiated the ancient prose movement and advocated the return.