The Three-Charactor Scripture

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昔仲尼，师项橐。

从前，孔子曾经向一个叫项橐的小孩请教学习过。

孔子向七岁的儿童项橐请教的故事，生动地说明了两个重要的道理。首先，它强调了虚心好学的态度，即使是像孔子这样被尊为至圣先师的大学问家，也从不自满，愿意向任何人学习，哪怕对方年纪很小。其次，它表明了“能者为师”的原则，知识和智慧并不完全取决于年龄或身份地位，小孩子身上也可能蕴藏着值得学习的东西。这个故事旨在教育学习者要放下架子，保持谦逊，随时随地注意发现和吸取他人的长处，无论对方是谁，这样才能不断进步。它赞扬了孔子不耻下问的精神，也提醒人们要尊重每一个可能带来知识的人。

古圣贤，尚勤学。

古代那些圣贤的人，还都那么勤奋地学习呢。

那些被后人尊称为圣贤的古代杰出人物，他们之所以能够达到很高的成就，成为道德和智慧的楷模，其中一个非常重要的原因就是他们都非常勤奋刻苦地学习。这句话旨在告诫读者，圣贤并非天生如此，他们的成功是后天努力的结果。既然连这些已经非常了不起的人都还需要勤奋学习，那么普通人就更应该珍惜时间，刻苦用功，不断充实自己。它强调了勤奋学习对于个人成长和成就的重要性，是一种激励人们向圣贤看齐、努力学习的劝勉。

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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.