What are the four main readings for ancient Chinese monks?

? The Three Character Classic, The Hundred Surnames, and The Thousand Character Classic.

The Three Character Classic, the Hundred Surnames, and the Thousand Character Classic, commonly known as the "Three Hundred and Thousand," were three influential and popular readings for enlightenment. Ming Dynasty thinker Lu Kun once said, "the first into the community school, eight years old or less, first read "Three Character Classic" in order to learn to see and hear, read "Hundred Surnames" in order to day-to-day use, read "Thousand Character Essay" in order to understand the righteousness."

"The Three Hundred Characters and Thousand Characters" skillfully integrates early literacy education with Chinese history and culture, as well as education for character cultivation. The words are concise, rich in meaning, catchy and easy to recite.

The influence of the Three Character Classic:

The Three Character Classic is a precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, which is short, concise and catchy, and has been a household name for thousands of years. Its content covers history, astronomy, geography, morality and some folklore, so it is said that "if you familiarize yourself with the Three Character Classic, you can know a thousand things".

Based on historical reasons, the Three Character Classic inevitably contains some spiritual dregs and artistic flaws, but its unique ideological value and cultural charm are still recognized by the world, and it has been regarded as a classic by successive generations of Chinese people and has been passed down continuously.