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unusual facts about literary Chinese



P'an-Lo T'ou-Ts'iuan

P'an-Lo T'ou-Ts'iuan or Bàn La Trà Toàn in Vietnamese (both based on readings of literary Chinese transliteration 槃羅茶全) was king of Champa from 1460 to 1471, the year of the fall of Champa.


see also

Ancient Chinese

Classical Chinese or Literary Chinese, the form now known as "Ancient Chinese" in China

Literary Chinese in Vietnam

For example, the nationalist Phan Boi Chau (1867–1940) wrote his History of the Loss of Vietnam (1905) and other tracts in Literary Chinese, and also used it to communicate when in Japan and China, as he spoke neither Japanese nor Chinese.