了解和掌握古今字和通假字,是中学文言文教学中的一个重点和难点。就此,我们想谈三个问题:一、古今字所谓古今字,就是在不同历史时期用来表达同一意义的两个形体相近的同音字。原来,古代文字较少,一个字常常兼有几个意义。以后为了加以区别,人们另造了一个新字来代替其中的某一义项。故原来的被称为 Understanding and mastering the ancient and modern characters and the popular characters is a key and difficult point in the teaching of classical Chinese in middle schools. In this connection, we would like to talk about three issues: First, the ancient and modern words The so-called ancient and modern words are similar homonyms that are used to express the same meaning in different historical periods. Originally, there were fewer ancient texts, and one word often had several meanings. Later, in order to make a distinction, people created another new word instead of one of its meanings. So the original was called