The Three-Charactor Scripture

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论语者，二十篇。

这本书叫做《论语》，它总共有二十篇。

《论语》被分成了二十个相对独立又相互关联的篇章。这句话的作用是让读者对《论语》这本书有一个最基本、最核心的认识，知道它叫什么名字以及它的整体篇幅规模。

群弟子，记善言。

孔子的许多学生，把老师孔子以及他们自己一些有意义的言论、教导记录了下来。

《论语》这本书并不是孔子亲自写的，而是由他的众多学生（以及再传弟子）汇集、整理而成的。他们记录下了孔子平时教导学生时所说的那些充满智慧和道德教诲的言论，以及弟子们之间相互探讨的精彩对话。这本书的内容，就是这些被记录下来的、值得后人学习和遵循的“善言”。这句话点明了《论语》作为一部语录体散文集的性质。

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Introduction to *The Three-Character Classic*:

1. *The Three-Character Classic* is one of the traditional Chinese primers for children. Together with *The Hundred Family Surnames* and *The Thousand Character Classic*, it is collectively known as the “Three Hundred and Thousand,” and is hailed as a “microcosm of Chinese culture” and the “crown of children’s education.”

2. The mainstream view attributes the authorship of the *Three-Character Classic* to Wang Yinglin, with subsequent additions by Zhang Taiyan, He Xingsi, and others, expanding its content to cover the history of the Yuan, Ming, Qing, and Republican eras.

3. The full text of the *Three-Character Classic* consists of approximately 1,140 characters, written in a rhyming verse format with three-character lines grouped in sets of four. Its content is divided into six sections: education, ethics and morality, history, culture, and classical texts; natural and humanistic knowledge; attitudes and methods toward learning; and ultimate values.

4. The explanations of the *Three-Character Classic* in this tool are sourced from the internet; please report any errors to us.