Ancient Text Format Standardisation
Normalise typesetting of classical passages for publication.
I. Tool
Operation
王曰：「善哉！」於是遂行。。。見《論語》（學而）。
19 conversion rules
- Straight quotes → 「」『』 (paired by position)
- Curly double quotes → 「」
- Curly single quotes → 『』
- Comma → ，
- Full stop → 。
- Colon → ：
- Semicolon → ；
- Question mark → ？
- Exclamation mark → ！
- Ellipsis → ……
- Double hyphen → ——
- Round brackets → （）
- Book title marks → 《》
- Middle dot → ·
- Strip whitespace
II. Principle
How it works
Applies a configurable rule set: converts full-width / half-width punctuation, normalises quotation marks to 「」 or 『』, removes stray whitespace, and can output vertical or horizontal reading order.
III. Guide
User guide
- 01Paste the raw text.
- 02Choose target style (Zhonghua Shuju / Taipei Commercial Press / plain).
- 03Copy the cleaned output.
IV. FAQ
Frequently asked
Q.Does it change any characters?
A.Only punctuation and whitespace — never lexical characters.
V. Related
Tools in the same matrix
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Find classical passages containing a target character or phrase.