Common classical Chinese function words

Author: He Xinbo
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Functional words are an important part of classical Chinese grammar. Most phenomena in classical Chinese grammar are related to functional words, and ancient Chinese scholars' explorations of grammar were largely focused on the study of functional words. From the traditional Chinese works on the study of functional words, they include conjunctions, prepositions, modal particles, interjections, adverbs, and a part of pronouns. This book selects 64 functional words frequently used and relatively complex in the new standard middle school Chinese curriculum and analyzes them with examples. Additionally, it introduces the usage of various functional words in a tabular form to facilitate identification. It will be beneficial for everyone to further understand the characteristics of classical Chinese and master the basic knowledge of classical Chinese.