Hundred Surnames Thousand Characters

Author: Zhou Xingsi
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Chinese traditional culture has a history of over 5,000 years, with a long and profound heritage. As a classic of traditional Chinese elementary education, "The Hundred Family Surnames" introduces the origin and development of surnames, with a simple form, four-character lines in parallel and rhyming tones, making it easy to recite. Meanwhile, "The Thousand-Character Classic" is the crystallization of ancient scholars' painstaking efforts, with its verses exquisitely crafted, every word a gem. These features make them highly suitable for young children to recite. Since their inception, they have been the literacy textbooks for the descendants of Yan and Huang, and to this day, they still possess their unique charm, making them essential reading for every Chinese. "The Thousand-Character Classic" was compiled by Zhou Xingsi of the Southern Qi Dynasty, selecting one thousand different characters from the calligraphy of Emperor Wang to form four-character rhyming verses. The content of "The Thousand-Character Classic" is extremely broad, though consisting of only a thousand characters, it covers the universe, history, human affairs, self-cultivation, reading, diet, and other cultural activities.