It is common for modern people to speak Mandarin. Many people use Mandarin in their daily communication. However, although Putonghua also developed from dialects, there was no such concept in ancient times. Everyone basically speaks their hometown dialect, and dialects may have different pronunciations in different periods. If a modern person travels back to ancient times, it is difficult for him to communicate with the ancients in Mandarin.

First, you can speak Mandarin when you return to the Qing Dynasty.

When modern people crossed the Qing Dynasty, it was possible to communicate normally, but only in spoken English. The written language at that time was still classical Chinese. According to the current level of classical Chinese, people in the Qing Dynasty were illiterate at that time. The reason for oral communication is that the current Mandarin is most similar to Li's pronunciation in the middle and late Qing Dynasty. After Manchu entered the customs, Manchu merged with Ming Mandarin and Wu Mandarin to form Manchu Mandarin, which was originally only Manchu Mandarin, and then gradually spread to form today's Mandarin. For example, the well-known Kangxi royal approval "I know" and "I am such a person". In addition, the instructions of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty were recently made public. He likes Miffy's copybook very much, and an official contributed Miffy's 10 copybook to him. Qianlong was overjoyed, and after the appraisal, he approved: "Fake, don't."

Second, our Mandarin is the product of three different pronunciation stages.

If we travel to other dynasties, it is basically the effect of chicken talking to duck in modern mandarin.

Because the phonetic changes of ancient Chinese have gone through three major periods: the ancient sounds from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, the alto sounds from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty, and the nearly ancient sounds from the Song Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty. There is a big gap between the three pronunciations, such as the pronunciation of "Qingqing lac": the ancient pronunciation is "cencencen"

Zilong Delong ",the middle ancient sound is" cngceng radical ",and the near ancient sound is" cing Ceng radical ",which is completely incomprehensible to modern people.

The reason why ancient Chinese changed is the migration of the ancients and the integration of nationalities. The pronunciation of this language has also changed. For example, there was no tone in ancient Chinese, the initial consonant system was more complicated than that in the Middle Ages, and the consonants were much more complicated. Medieval tones simplified the initial system, but the final system became more complicated. Now there are still traces of medieval pronunciation in Cantonese and Hakka. Jin Gu Yin was the Jianghuai Mandarin at that time, and it was the best preserved in Jiangsu.

Third, if you have to travel to other dynasties, please speak Mandarin in sign language.

There is no discrimination, but it is really difficult to express and needs the assistance of other languages. For example, when you talk to foreigners, you look stupid. If you know English and he doesn't understand Mandarin, he can make the action of eating. Foreigners may understand what you are saying. These behaviors are common and easy to understand.

Although the Qin dynasty began to unify the characters, the pronunciation was not completely consistent, and the life span of the dynasty was only 14 years. After that, the pronunciation in various places is more likely to continue the original habit. Therefore, even if you travel to the Qin Dynasty, you will face the embarrassing situation that you seem to be talking, but no one understands each other. However, you don't have to worry that the ancients will shake their heads and tell you a bunch of classical Chinese, because the education level of the ancients is generally not that high, and daily life still depends on vernacular communication. This is why the ancient sound is not elegant, but the words on paper can be passed down to this day. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the official language in the form of vernacular began to appear, but the pronunciation was still very different from that of modern Mandarin, and there were huge obstacles to communication.

Fourth, more study can make communication barrier-free.

Modern Mandarin is not popular in all dynasties. If you want to cross it, you should study the characters of the current dynasty, including Dazhuan, Xiaozhuan and Jinwen. At least you can write it if you don't understand it. We must also be proficient in classical Chinese and traditional Chinese characters and understand the expressions of the ancients. Another feasible way is to study abroad and learn Chinese again. It is estimated that it will take a few years to communicate with the ancients without obstacles.