What is Yi Zhongtian's reason for saying don't read the Three Character Classic?

Yi Zhongtian said the Three Character Classic is a historical accumulation of traditional Chinese culture, but the Disciple's Rules has no historical basis and is completely poisonous. The Three Character Classic is one of the three main readings in traditional Chinese monasticism, and the knowledge in the book is expounded through rhymes so that children can memorize it quickly.

There is only one controversial part of the Three Character Classic, and that is the phrase "husband and wife are subordinate to each other", which doesn't mean that women are subordinate to their husbands, but that husbands and wives obey each other, because husbands and wives are lifelong companions, and obedience is not something you can ever get from them. The Three Character Classic The Three Character Classic is the crystallization of the knowledge of the ancient people and cannot be compared with the Disciple's Rules and the Thousand Character Classic.

The "Disciple's Rules" appeared later in time, in the late Qing Dynasty, and was a children's book written at random by means of quotes taken out of context, so it was far less popular than the "Three Character Classic". Moreover, in the Disciple's Rules, the pedantic ideas of the Qing Dynasty are retained and are not worth studying.

Expanded Information

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.

Before the appearance of the Three Character Classic, all the reading materials for monks were four words and one sentence, while the Three Character Classic appeared in the form of three words, which was easy to read and more in line with the characteristics of children's songs. Zhao Nanxing of the Ming Dynasty said that it was "short and easy to read, and it was very convenient to open the door for the monks", so it was the first montessori book. The Three Character Classic was known in ancient times as the "Little Outline Guide", which can run through the scattered knowledge, so that the encyclopedic knowledge accumulated by reading can be incorporated into a clear knowledge system.