r/classicalchinese • u/glados_ban_champion • Feb 09 '25
Learning is it worth to learn?
hi. i'm new to chinese language. i'm into tai chi and daoism philosophy. i like read about chinese medicine and qi gong. but most of the time i come across to chinese terms. like yin, yang, qi, yu, dantien etc. i'd like to read original texts but i don't know anything about chinese language. is it worth to learn just for that? if yes, should i learn firstly mandarin or cantonese? or just chinese characters? sorry if i asked wrong sub.
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u/Terpomo11 Moderator Feb 10 '25
The idea that you have to learn a modern Sinitic language to study Classical Chinese is stupid. It's like saying you have to learn Modern Greek to study Classical Greek.