文言词语一般指以先秦口语为基础而形成的上古汉语书面语以及后代用这种书面语写成的作品,在几千年的封建社会中一直占统治地位。随着社会的发展和人类的进步,它已逐渐失去了统治地位,但其中的精华仍在使用着,而且被吸收到现代汉语词汇中来,成为现代汉语词汇的一个组成部分。毛泽东早就说过:“我们还要学习古人语言中有生命的东西。”这“有生命的东西”正 Classical Chinese words generally refer to works written in ancient Chinese written on the basis of pre-Qin colloquialism and written by descendants in these written languages, and have always dominated the feudal society for thousands of years. With the development of society and the progress of mankind, it has gradually lost its dominance. However, the essence is still in use and is absorbed into modern Chinese vocabulary and becomes an integral part of modern Chinese vocabulary. Mao Zedong said long ago: “We have to learn something that lives in the ancients’ language.” This “living thing” is