The most popular and influential allied reading material in ancient China was?

The most popular and influential allied reading material in ancient China is the San Zi Jing (Three Character Classic) compiled by Wang Yinglin at the end of the Song Dynasty.

The Three Character Classic compiled by Wang Yinglin at the end of the Song Dynasty 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".

In the format, three words a sentence catchy, because of its text popular, smooth, easy to remember and other characteristics, so that it and the "Hundred Surnames", "Thousand Characters" and known as the traditional Chinese monks of the three major readings, collectively known as the "Three Hundred Thousand". The Three Character Classic, together with the Hundred Surnames and the Thousand Character Classic, is known as the three great national enlightenment readings.

Influence

The Three Character Classic is a traditional Chinese children's primer, which is highly recognized. In ancient times, children learned to read and write by memorizing the Three Character Classic. The Three Character Classic uses simple and popular vernacular to tell the philosophy that has remained unchanged for ages, which is popular and widely spread; it is not limited by words, and uses popular words to combine the knowledge of various categories such as history, history, and the collection of books, etc., and the whole text is full of optimism with a lot of dictionaries.

Before the appearance of the Three Character Classic, all the reading materials for monks were four words and one sentence, and the Three Character Classic appeared in the form of three words, which was easy and pleasant to read, and was more in line with the characteristics of children's songs, and was the first book for monks in the Ming Dynasty, as Zhao Nansing said, "The sentences were short and easy to read, and it was very convenient to open the door for monks".

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 through reading can be incorporated into a clear knowledge system.