Classical Chinese really consists of tens of centuries of esoteric anecdotes written in a kind of terse miserly code for dissemination among a small elite group.

• 古汉语确实含有数千年来积累起来的各种深宫秘闻，以一种简要、惜墨如金的密码写成，这种密码适合在一个很小的精英团体里传播。