Traditional Primary Education Series (Volume 1 and 2)

Author: Guangling Book Society
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Publish Date: 2002-03-01
Features: "Traditional Primary Education Series," is another classic work for children that has been widely circulated in folk circles since ancient times, published by our society following "Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty" and "A Thousand Poems." This book mainly collects eight classic primary education reading materials from the past: "Three-Character Classic," "Hundred Family Surnames," "Thousand-Character Classic," "Zhuzi's Sayings," "Rhythm Enlightenment," "Revised and Expanded," "Thousand-Character Classic," "Zhuzi's Sayings," "Rhythm Enlightenment," "Dragon Wen Bianying," and "Youxue Qionglin." Among them are rhyming books for traditional character recognition training, such as "Dragon Wen Bianying" and "Youxue Qionglin"; as well as philosophical maxims and for handling matters, such as "Zhuzi's Sayings" and "Revised and Expanded." The content is rich and practical, with simple and easy-to-understand language, making it easy to recite and remember. "Three-Character Classic" is said to have been written by Wang Yinglin of the Southern Song Dynasty. "Hundred Family Surnames" is believed to have been compiled during the Northern Song Dynasty, with an anonymous author. "Thousand-Character Classic" was written by Zhou Xingsi of the Liang Dynasty. "Zhuzi's Sayings," also known as "Zhuzi's Family Instructions." "Rhythm Enlightenment" was an introductory book for learning poetry and couplets in the past. "Revised and Expanded" was composed of rhyming proverbs and excellent literary quotes. "Dragon Wen Bianying" was written by Xiao Liangyou of the Ming Dynasty. "Youxue Qionglin" was written by Cheng Dengji in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, in four volumes. These readers were once popular across the country and remained influential for a long time. As ancient Chinese primary education materials, they have played an undeniable role in popularizing cultural knowledge and governance and education. Even today, they still hold reference and inspirational value.