San Zi Jing is a traditional children's enlightenment book in China, and its popularity is extremely high.
ancient children learned to read and understand by reciting the San Zi Jing. The San Zi Jing tells the eternal philosophy in simple and popular vernacular, which is well-known and widely circulated. Not limited by words, the knowledge of various departments such as the subset of classics and history is mixed together in popular words, and the whole text is full of optimism.
Before the appearance of San Zi Jing, all the reading materials for enlightenment were four words and one sentence, while San Zi Jing appeared in the form of three words, which was easy and pleasant to read and more in line with the characteristics of children's songs. Zhao Nanxing in the Ming Dynasty called it "short and easy to read, which is very convenient for enlightenment", so it was the first book for enlightenment.
In ancient times, San Zi Jing was called "Xiao Gang Jian", which can penetrate scattered knowledge and make the encyclopedic knowledge accumulated by reading into a clear knowledge system.
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The first China classic translated by Ma Lixun (1782~1834) in Britain is the San Zi Jing. In 1812, he published China Chunqiu in English, including San Zi Jing and Da Xue. After revision, it was reprinted in London in 1917.
Elijah Coleman Bridgman, an American missionary, published three-character classics, thousand-character essays and other enlightening books in his China Series.
In France, stanislas julien (1797-1873), a Jewish sinologist, translated China classics such as Mencius, Sanzi Jing, The West Chamber, The Legend of the White Snake, Laozi's Tao Te Ching and Tiangong Kaiwu in 1827.
In p>1989, Singapore published Pan Shizi's English version of Three Characters Classic, which was recommended to participate in the Frankfurt International Book Fair and became a textbook in Singapore.
In p>199, The Classic of Three Characters was selected by UNESCO into the Children's Moral Series, which promoted learning to children all over the world and became a world-famous enlightenment book.