A Thousand Proverbs of China with Annotations

Author: Sun Wenhua
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Publish Date: 2001-08-01
Features: The concept of "A Thousand Idioms in Four Characters" is excellent. The text is well-organized, accessible, and reasonably contented, including many aspects of traditional cultural knowledge. If it can be promoted to young people across the country, it would be highly meaningful. I read "Three-Character Classic" and "Youxue Qionglin" when I was a child, and it was a warm memory. Like "Three-Character Classic," "A Thousand Idioms in Four Characters" is a great educational concept. This book adopts the form of traditional elementary education texts, linking idioms and four-character phrases into rhyming verses that are easy to recite and memorize, summarizing the history of Chinese civilization. It consists of thirty-six chapters and over a thousand idioms, hence the name "A Thousand Idioms in Four Characters." For the convenience of young readers, brief annotations have been added.