The Three-Charactor Scripture

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犬守夜，鸡司晨。

狗的职责是夜里看家守院，鸡的本分是早上打鸣报晓。

通过描绘两种常见家畜的自然习性（狗在夜晚警惕地守护家园，鸡在黎明时分准时打鸣报时），来说明一个朴素的道理：世间万物，包括动物在内，都有其固有的职责和规律。狗和鸡虽然看似平凡，但它们都认真地履行着自己的本能和责任，从不懈怠。

苟不学，曷为人。

如果不学习，就不配做个人。

将“学习”提升到了“做人的资格”这个高度。它的意思是，人之所以区别于动物，能够拥有智慧、道德和社会性，很大程度上是通过学习和接受教育来实现的。如果一个人放弃学习，浑浑噩噩，无所事事，那么他就失去了作为人的基本价值和发展潜力，也就失去了做人的意义和价值，如同行尸走肉。

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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.