What the Three Character Classic is about

The Three Character Classic is a rich collection of references to literature, history, philosophy, astronomy, geography, human ethics, loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness of China's 5,000 years of traditional culture. When you memorize the Three Character Classic, you learn about common sense, traditional Chinese culture and historical stories, as well as the truths of doing things in the stories.

The Three Character Classic is a traditional Chinese children's primer, and among the ancient Chinese classics, it is one of the most accessible readings that has lasted for ages. The format of the Three Character Classic is very catchy, and because of its popular, easy-to-read and easy-to-remember features, it was one of the most popular textbooks in ancient China, along with the Hundred Surnames, the Thousand Character Classic, and the Thousand Poems, which were collectively known as the Three Hundred Thousand Thousands.

Expanded information:

Zhang Ruan, a professor at the College of Arts and Letters of Ningbo University, published a paper on the "Peking University Journal" in the second issue of 2009. In the second issue of 2009, Zhang Ruan, a professor at the School of Literature of Ningbo University, published an article entitled "The earliest historical document of the Three Character Classic - A new theory of the Three Character Classic written in the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty",

judging that the Three Character Classic should have been written in the Southern Song Dynasty from Shaoxi to Jiading, and that its era was earlier than that of Wang Yinglin and Au Shizi. And Ningbo is the earliest known area where the Three Character Classic was first circulated.

Besides the content of the original canon, after Zhang Taiyan and others have made many additions and changes, so the content of the Three Character Classic in the "Narrative History" part, has also included the Yuan, Ming, Qing and Republic of China period.

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