What are the general types of children's books in ancient China?

It varies from era to era, but in general it's called Monk's school.

The most famous are the "Three Hundred and Thousand", which are the Three Character Classic, the Hundred Surnames, and the Thousand Character Classic. In general, the private school "enlightenment" must first learn these three.

Another study is "Disciple's Rules", "Young Learning Qionglin", "Zhu Zi Family Trainings", "Thousands of Poems", "Ancient Writings Guanzhi", "Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty", "Shengliqi Qimeng", "Words Mengqiu", "Zengguang Xianwen" and other primary reading materials.

These are all considered to be children's primers. Each private school teaches different things, but the "Three Hundred Thousand" is the required reading for almost all private schools.

Expanded Information

Mengxue is a general term for traditional early childhood education in China. Along with elementary school and university, it is an important stage in China's traditional education.

Currently, the academic community called the monks have a narrow and broad sense of difference, in a broad sense, refers to the ancient enlightenment education, including its educational system, teaching methods, teaching materials and other content; in a narrow sense, refers to the enlightenment teaching materials, i.e., children's reading books.

Anciently, the age at which children were educated was generally around four years old, and there is now a view that four years old is the best age for children to learn Chinese characters.

The basic goals of the Monk's education are to cultivate children's ability to recognize and write Chinese characters, to develop good daily habits, and to be able to possess basic moral and ethical norms, as well as to acquire some general knowledge of basic Chinese culture and daily life.

Additionally, Mengxue also refers to Mengkuan, the school of enlightenment, which is equivalent to kindergarten or elementary school nowadays. Wu Woyao, "Historical Novels General Preface": "I have received and read, monks, middle school books are too simple, to higher universities or and still use the old book carry on."

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