Thousand-Character Classic

Author: Zhou Xingsi
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: "A Thousand Character Classic" is one of the earliest and most widely circulated primary education texts in China. It was written by Zhou Xingsi, a person from the Southern Song Dynasty, more than 1,400 years ago. It is said that Emperor Wu of Liang ordered someone to select 1,000 unique characters from the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi, with each character written on a separate piece of paper. Zhou Xingsi, who was highly talented, was tasked with compiling these characters into a rhyming text. He worked tirelessly and completed the entire text in a single night, which was perfectly balanced in structure and melodious in rhythm, leaving people in awe. As a result of his intense labor and overthinking, Zhou Xingsi's hair turned white overnight. It is hoped that readers will correctly understand the syntax and provide necessary guidance to children reading this book.