No, Ancient Chinese is not Shakespear, people using them in life. Including the writing too. Its just most people talking like you all having no literacy in English, however the expression being heard or seen.

No, most people don't sing these kararoke places. I found that, it doesn't mean its a popular song in their own pop song music listing inside these purchasing kararoke places.  The ancient Chinese subjects are starting in the middle school, its just a study going to the high school entrance exam and the college entrance exam. We used to one exam determine your future. Right now they adding some extra-currium a lot more like Western idea, but still mostly heavily on those exam at the certain date, so there is a cram school. At least Taiwan is like that. In China, no. They ban the cram school.

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