批改

In the past 2000 years, Chinese characters just had her transformation,but not too much; therefore today we still can read and understand lots of ancient classic literature with some annotations.

The syntax still can be understood easily, and the characters are still as the same as the present ones.

Chinese character itself is also a kind of superb art.

Writing beautiful characters is essential skill for most litterateurs or poets in Old China.

Chinese characters are very interesting when they are combined with each other.

For example : 木= wood 林=grove 森=forest 火= fire 炎=scorching 燒=burn 氵or 水 or 川(ancient pattern) = water 河=river 海=ocean 汗=sweat 土= mud 地=land 堰=dam(wall built across a river to stop the water flowing) 金= mineral 金=gold 銀=silver 鐵=iron 鋼=steel 木(wood)火(fire)土(mud)金(metal)水(water), are five essential elements in the nature.

and they also become materials of poem, for examplel 煙 鎖 池 塘 柳 煙=fog (Noun/subject) 鎖=lock(vt) 池=lake (Noun) 塘=bank(Noun) 柳=willow(Noun/object) Answer: Fog locks the willows nearby banks of the lake. So 燈垂錦檻波=?

Most ancient Chinese came from real scenery or objects, so-called hieroglyph, and they also are still alive.