古汉语课程的性质问题长期以来人们的认识一直都很统一而明确 ,即 :工具性。为此有的教材为了强调工具性 ,甚而把古汉语与知识性课程加以对立 ,以此来说明二者的区别 ,但这种做法同时又给古汉语课程内容的设置及教学方法的设计带来了某些负面的影响 ,在一定程度上起到了误导作用。其实 ,只要从工具性、基础性、语言性和知识性四个方面对古汉语课程的性质作出新的分析和认定 ,就能保证古汉语教学的顺利进行 The Nature of Ancient Chinese Courses People’s understanding has long been unified and clear, namely instrumental. For this reason, some textbooks emphasize instrumentalities, even contradicting ancient Chinese with knowledge-based curricula to illustrate the differences between the two. However, this approach also brings about the setting of ancient Chinese curricula and the design of teaching methods Some negative effects, to a certain extent, played a misleading role. In fact, as long as the nature of the ancient Chinese curriculum is analyzed and identified in terms of instrumental, basic, linguistic and informative aspects, the teaching of ancient Chinese can be guaranteed