Indeed. For an extreme example, "Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den" is a short poem in Classical Chinese in which every word is pronounced shi when read in pre

Indeed. For an extreme example, "Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den" is a short poem in Classical Chinese in which every word is pronounced shi when read in present-day Standard Mandarin, with only the tones differing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Stone_Den https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-Eating_Poet_in_the_Ston...