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Did Classical Chinese (文言) have similar use of punctuation marks (标点符号) as modern Chinese?

November 22, 2024 by chinesespeaking

No. Classical Chinese was not punctuated. The reader could add marks, called 讀 (pronounced tòu/do) and 句; 讀 was like a comma, 句 like a …

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