gǔ​wén

classical prose

Senses

古文 gǔ​wén classical prose

A prose style modeled on pre-Qin and Han dynasty writings, as promoted by the Tang and Song Guwen Movement, as opposed to 骈文 pián​wén

古文 gǔ​wén ancient script

(bound form) ancient writing systems or scripts used in China before the unification of characters in the Qin dynasty

古文 gǔ​wén Old Text school

(bound form) a school of Confucian classics during the Han dynasty based on texts discovered in ancient script, such as the 古文经 gǔ​wén​jīng

古文 gǔ​wén Classical Chinese

General term for literary Chinese 文言文 wén​yán​wén or Classical Chinese as a school subject

References

classifier 古文/古文 篇/篇
antonym 古文/古文 今文/今文
see 古文/古文 古文经/古文經
same_as 古文/古文 文言文/文言文
see 复古/復古 古文/古文
antonym 今文/今文 古文/古文