First, Italian astronauts quoted China's ancient prose and were praised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Samantha, an Italian female astronaut performing a mission on the International Space Station? Christoph Retty posted a set of space photos on social media with the following words: Looking up at the vastness of the universe, overlooking the richness of categories, it is enough to enjoy watching and listening. Do you believe in coke? This sentence is exactly a sentence in Preface to Lanting written by Wang Xizhi, a famous calligrapher in China. This sentence is an ancient text describing the landscape of the universe. The behavior of Italian astronauts has aroused heated discussion among netizens at home and abroad because of Wang Xizhi's Preface to the Lanting Pavilion. Meanwhile, China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning praised the Italian astronauts at the press conference.
Second, what is the role of modern people in learning ancient Chinese?
There is such a joke on the internet that people who don't learn ancient Chinese will only tell it when they see the sunset glow? Ah, is it beautiful? And people who have studied ancient Chinese will say? Looking at the sky at dusk, watching the clouds miss you, sitting and thinking about your sunset? . People who don't learn ancient Chinese will not understand the meaning when they see this poem said by an Italian astronaut, but those who have studied ancient Chinese will understand the real meaning expressed by the astronaut at a glance.
The role of modern people in learning ancient Chinese can be said to be infinite, and it can be said to be related to all aspects of your life and study. Zhong Shuhe once said: Classical Chinese is the simplest and less nonsense, which is the specialty of our ancestors and should not be thrown away easily? Learning ancient Chinese can help us understand history more comprehensively, understand the past glory of our nation, nourish our hearts and pursue our life beliefs.
Finally: Imagine why ancient prose has been passed down to this day. The answer is because the content in ancient Chinese is classic enough. Although it has gone through hundreds of years, the truth has always been there. It is said that a person's temperament and thoughts have books he has read, so if you want to have good temperament and thoughts, you must learn ancient Chinese.