Gǔwén or Ku-wen (古文 "ancient writing") may refer to: one of the two additional forms included in the Shuowen Jiezi, an ancient Chinese dictionary Chinese characters, ancient forms Chinese bronze inscriptions Oracle bone script Seal script Old Texts, versions of Chinese classics held to have been transcribed from recovered manuscripts Classical Chinese, the language of the classic literature of ancient China Classical Chinese grammar Classical Prose Movement of the Tang and Song dynasties in China Guwen Guanzhi, an anthology of essays written in literary Chinese