Classical Chinese
Proper noun
Meaning
The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) (especially the Spring and Autumn Period), through to the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.). In Chinese, 古文 (gǔwén, “Ancient Writing”) or, formally, 古典漢語／古典汉语 (“Classical Chinese”). The language of many classics of Chinese literature.
The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) to the early 20th century.
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Examples
Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments.
Song of the Immortals: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry, trans. Yuanchong Xu (Beijing: New World Press, 1994), p. 54.
Classical Chinese ethnography (like much then-contemporary ethnography) was often sketchy, leaving it unclear as to whether Chinese-depicted names referred to a true ethnic group or a possibly multiethnic political entity.
Portland is also home to Lan Su Chinese Garden (formerly the Portland Classical Chinese Garden), an authentic representation of a Suzhou -style walled garden.
Not that Classical Chinese poetry ever lost the use of the shi forms, with their metrical patterns found in the "old style poetry" ( gushi ) and the regulated verse forms of ( lüshi or jintishi).
Classical Chinese art and antiques fill the public spaces and guest rooms.