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Classical Chinese (古文, Pinyin: gǔ wén, "ancient text") is the language of the classic literature from the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the Han Dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese. The term is also used for Literary Chinese (文言文 wényán wén, "text of written language"), a traditional style of written Chinese modelled on the classical language, making it different from any modern spoken form of Chinese.

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Classical Chinese question. 古文。 Meaning of 起予?

I'm translating a classical Chinese text into English and the phrase "起予“ 让我头痛。 Please, help. This is the full classical text (from the Confucian analects) : 子夏問曰:「『巧笑倩兮, 美目盼兮, 素以為絢兮。』何謂也? 子曰: 「繪事後 …
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Is “之” usually used as a possessive pronoun (attributive) in Classical Chinese?

So you're asking if it's possessive in Classical Chinese? It is certainly possessive. I learned that 之 is a classical way to say 的, making it a possessive particle. An example sentence would be 父母之 …
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