本书是《今用古代汉语》的下册，共16课，课文仍以古代成语故事、寓言等具有较强故事情节的选文为主，适当增加了些论说性选文，字数在200左右。
《今用古代汉语》是为帮助留学生更好地学习现代汉语而编写的基础古代汉语教材。上册课文多为成语故事或古代寓言，情节生动有趣；下册课文适当增加了论说性短文。练习形式多样，全面培养学生的古代汉语语感。每课还包括3～4条“古语今用”，展现古语的应用价值；2～4个语法点，分析古今汉语的表达异同；两个汉字偏旁，帮助学生提高汉字认读和书面理解能力；一则文化常识或语言知识，引领学生通往广阔的汉语文化世界。
Volume II of Classical Chinese for Modern Usage has altogether 16 lessons. In addition to texts telling stories about Chinese idioms and fables, there are argumentative essays with the length of about 200 words.
Classical Chinese for Modern Usage is a series of basic classical Chinese textbooks to help foreign students achieve better mastery of modern Chinese. With interesting stories and argumentative essays, and a variety of exercises, it helps to cultivate students’ sense of classical Chinese comprehensively. In each lesson, there are 3 to 4 items of “Classical Chinese for Modern Use” through which the value of classical language is demonstrated; 2 to 4 grammar points to compare the classical and modern Chinese; two Chinese character radicals to help improve students’ skills of reading characters as well as passages; and one short article on Chinese culture or language to lead students into a broad world of learning.