| The Book of Expletives | |
| Author: | Wang Yinzhi |
| Title Orig: | 經傳釋詞 |
| Orig Lang Code: | zh |
| Country: | China |
| Language: | Chinese |
| Exclude Cover: | yes |
| Pub Date: | 1798 |
| Pages: | 10 |
The Book of Expletives written by Wang Yinzhi is a book in ten volumes that analyzes the function of words in classical Chinese texts.[1]
Modern Chinese and Classical Chinese are distinctly different. Even though some of the writing may be the same, grammar, sentence structure and meanings of words in their cultural context changed over time and may make Chinese classics difficult if not impossible to understand. The Book of Expletives serves as an interpretation of classical Chinese texts in modern terms.