How to improve the level of ancient Chinese quickly?

If you want to improve the level of ancient Chinese quickly, there are several ways to follow:

1. Learn modern Chinese grammar well.

Modern Chinese is developed from ancient Chinese. Mastering the grammatical knowledge of modern Chinese can be traced back to the methods of word formation and sentence formation and the grammatical characteristics of sentences in ancient Chinese.

There are many four-character words in modern Chinese, and their structures are very regular. For example, "gossiping" is composed of two dominant phrases, in which two leading verbs "Shuo" and "Dao" and two leading numerals "San" and "Si" are all words of the same type. From this, it is easy to understand those regular word-formation and sentence-making in ancient Chinese, such as: "When Wei is in September, the order will be returned." Time and order, peacekeeping genus, September and Sanqiu are all words of the same type, so it is easy to understand.

Only on the basis of accurate analysis of sentence components in modern Chinese can we easily identify the special syntax of classical Chinese. The so-called "inverted sentence" is nothing more than the position change of subject, predicate, object, definite and form in the sentence. Familiar with modern Chinese grammar habits, simply understand the characteristics of classical Chinese inversion sentences, you can easily analyze classical Chinese sentences, and there is no need to spend energy memorizing them.

2. Get used to looking up the dictionary, and don't rely on "translation".

Classical Chinese in middle school is difficult to learn because there are a lot of real words and function words to memorize. In fact, the backrest of classical Chinese content words is a stupid way to get twice the result with half the effort. Every notional word has the same meaning as today, some parts are the same, and some are far from each other. With its different usage in different articles, its meaning is also different. In addition, it is often used flexibly, and its meaning changes greatly. It's no use reciting, and it's impossible for people to recite all the meanings of words. The best way to solve this problem is to look it up in a dictionary and compare and identify the meaning of words in sentences. Over time, many words are familiar, and most classical Chinese can be read without a dictionary.

3. Try to overcome the reading habit of "looking at the text to make sense".

The ancients said that learning should be "open-minded", and "open-minded" is an inspiring usage, which makes the mind become "nothingness" in order to understand ancient Chinese. When you see "river", you think it is a flowing river, and when you see "water", you think it is hydrogen oxide. I don't know that the river in ancient classical Chinese refers to the Yellow River and the water refers to rivers. When reading classical Chinese, we should pay special attention to the meaning of words in sentences.

4. Pay attention to the monosyllabic features of ancient Chinese vocabulary.

Classical Chinese vocabulary, except for words such as "grape" and "agate", is mostly monosyllabic, that is, one word at a time. Having this string in my heart all the time will reduce many misunderstandings. The most common is "wife", which means "wife and children" in classical Chinese. It is a phrase. Another example is "part". Modern Chinese is a disyllabic word, and "part" reads softly, contrary to the whole. Classical Chinese is a phrase that means "deploy, dispose of", or subordinates, orders, etc.

5. Read more classical Chinese.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. Find some easy-to-understand and attractive articles to read when you are free, such as classical Chinese novels, essays and miscellaneous notes. With the improvement of reading ability, I will read the more difficult classics of the pre-Qin period.

As you read more and more, you will become "able to read". If you know punctuation and rhythm, you won't spend your limited energy on so-called skills and tricks.

Insist on learning like this, and ancient Chinese is no longer an obstacle.