. . . "Classical Chinese"@en . . . "lzh" . "\u53E4\u6587 or \u6587\u8A00"@en . . . "Classical Chinese (\u53E4\u6587, g\u01D4w\u00E9n, \"ancient text\") is the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the Han Dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese. The term is also used for Literary Chinese (\u6587\u8A00\u6587 w\u00E9ny\u00E1n w\u00E9n, \"written text\"), a traditional style of written Chinese evolving from the classical language, making it different from any modern spoken form of Chinese."@en .