“之”是文言虚词,“的”是现代汉语虚词。不少语法书都认为它们在用法上有某些共同之处。从语音形式看,“之”在上古属章母之部,拟背为[ti(?)]跟“的”的读音[t(?)]正相近。有人据此推断“的”是“之”的后身。关于“之”和“的”是否确有渊源关系的问题, “The” is a classical function words, “” is a modern Chinese function words. Many grammar books think they have some commonalities in usage. In terms of phonetic form, “zhi” is similar to the pronoun [t (?)] Of [ti (?)] And “ Some people infer that ”is“ the ”back“. As to the question whether ”the“ and ”the" are indeed related,