Dú gǔwén de shíhou, yào zhùyì cíyǔ de gǔyì, búyào yòng xiàndài de yìsi qù lǐjiě.
When reading classical texts, watch for the ancient meanings of words instead of reading them in the modern sense.
Tips
usage
Many common words meant something else in classical Chinese: 走 meant to run and 去 meant to leave. The modern meaning is the 今义. 本义 is narrower: the meaning a character was first created for.
