Plain Language Thirteen Pieces of Confucian Education

Author: Qi Meng
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: "The Three-Character Classic" is one of the most widely circulated and influential () readers in Chinese folk culture. Due to its popular form, extensive content, rigorous structure, concise language, and ease of memorization, it has been favored by the general public for thousands of years. After the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was repeatedly supplemented, revised, annotated, and translated. It has been translated into minority languages such as Manchu and Mongolian, as well as foreign languages like English, French, and Latin. Its influence has transcended national boundaries, earning it the titles of "The Marvelous Book of All Ages" and "The ()." This book primarily covers the following works: "Revised Three-Character Classic," "Thousand-Character Classic," "Collection of Famous Scholars," "Disciples' Rules," "Children's Language," "Poems for Talented Children," "Daughters' Classic," "Zhu Zi's Family Precepts," "Essentials for Waking the World," "Supplemented Wisdom of the Virtuous," "Old Scholar's Language," "Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars," and "Hundred Family Surnames."