文言,一般是指周秦两汉的一些哲学家、史学家的著作和唐宋以来模仿他们的所谓古文家的文章的语言。这种语言开始以当时的口语为基础,后来寝淫变化,而且是由量变到质变,就逐渐产生了口语和文言的差异。但在现代书面语里,不仅保留着某些文言语法结构,而且还保留着大量的文言词语。学习文言课文的重要目的之一是继承古代语言中有生命力的东西,读好或写好现代书面语。 Classical Chinese refers generally to the language of some philosophers and historians of Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties and the articles that imitate their so-called ancient writers since the Tang and Song dynasties. This language began to be the basis of the spoken language at that time, and later the change of prostitution, but also from quantitative to qualitative change, it gradually produced a difference between spoken and written language. However, in modern written language, not only some grammatical structures in classical Chinese are preserved, but also a large number of classical Chinese words are retained. One of the important purposes of learning classical Chinese is to inherit the vitality of ancient languages ​​and read or write modern written language.