What is the Three Character Classic?

"The Three Character Classic" is a precious heritage of ancient Chinese history and culture and a rare enlightenment book for children to learn traditional Chinese culture. It 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 read the "Three Character Classic" carefully, you can know the affairs of the world. Due to historical reasons, the "Three Character Classic" inevitably contains dross, but its unique ideological value and cultural charm are recognized by people, and it has been regarded as a classic by people of all ages and has been continuously circulated. There are some other readings derived from the "Three Character Classic", as well as a Peking Opera of the same name. The ancients said: "If you read the Three-Character Classic well, you can know the affairs of the world and understand the etiquette of the saints."

The "Three-Character Classic" has a history of more than 700 years since the Southern Song Dynasty, and contains more than 1,000 words. It can be said to be a household name , popular among the people. The three-character and one-sentence rhyme is easy to recite. The content includes traditional Chinese education, history, astronomy, geography, ethics and morality, and some folklore. It is extensive, vivid, and concise. The "Three Character Classic" has long been not only owned by the Han people, it has Manchu and Mongolian translations. The Three Character Classic no longer only belongs to China, its English and French translations have also been published. The new English translation published in Singapore in 1990 was selected into the "Children's Moral Series" by UNESCO and promoted worldwide.

The Three Character Classic, which is hundreds of years old, still has great vitality. In the past, many knowledgeable scholars, including Zhang Taiyan, devoted themselves to annotating and supplementing the Three Character Classic. Readings that imitate the form of the "Three Character Classic", such as "The Three Character Classic of Women", "The Three Character Classic of Geography", "The Three Character Classic of Medicine", "The Three Character Classic of Western Learning", "The Three Character Classic of Workers and Peasants", "The Three Character Classic of Soldiers", "The Three Character Classic of Buddhism", "The Three Character Classic of Taoism", emerge in endlessly. Popular all over the world. Recently, Mr. Gao Zhanxiang, the former Executive Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture, also created the "New Three Character Classic", which has also received widespread attention.

Based on the principle of concentrated literacy of rhymes in the "Three Character Classic", Shenzhen Cewen Technology Development Co., Ltd. has also developed the "Aiwen Literacy Reading Series Tutorial" including the "Chinese Character Classic" to teach Chinese reading. promotion and received wide acclaim.

The full text of "Three Character Classic" is 1,720 words long and is a rare and precious heritage of our country.