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Originally Posted by mrnicekid
anyways, the kids that took chinese literature in my school at that time were all girls... i guess boys don't like subjects that has no practical use  |
You'll find on the other side of the pond, Chinese students are equally not too excited by Classical Chinese.
Still for Japanese literature scholars in Japan, you'll find most of them would know quite a bit of Classical Chinese and some knowledge of the modern bastardized version.
This is because every so often, you'll find hidden bits of Chinese grammar lurking in Japanese.
日々是好日 (ひびこれこうじつ) comes to mind. Everyday (日々) is (是) a good day （好日）. 是（これ） here means です.