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How far back can a modern Chinese person understand and read ancient Chinese languages?

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Mandarin instructor with 2 years of experience in teaching and 3 years of experience in MNCs.

Most Chinese have a basic understanding of classical Chinese since it's taught in schools. I think what you're asking is “how far back can a modern Chinese person understand and read classical Chinese without advanced and specialized training." In that case, we can safely say, probably somewhere...
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 Most Chinese have a basic understanding of classical Chinese since it's taught in schools. I think what you're asking is “how far back can a modern Chinese person understand and read classical Chinese without advanced and specialized training." In that case, we can safely say, probably somewhere around 13–14 century. Romance of the Three Kingdoms was written in the 14th century, and most modern Chinese can read the original text without much problem. Modern Chinese can probably read anything from Yuan dynasty (12–13th century). It's not how people speak Chinese nowadays, but it's still mostly comprehensible.

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