The Three-Charactor Scripture

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匏土革，木石金。

葫芦、泥土、皮革、木头、石头和金属

古代的乐器多种多样，它们的制作材料主要来源于这六种东西：匏（葫芦）、土（陶泥）、革（皮革）、木（木材）、石（石头）和金（金属）。它概括了构成传统乐器的主要物质基础。

与丝竹，乃八音。

再加上用丝线做弦的乐器和用竹子做的乐器，这八种材料制作的乐器，就合成了古代所说的八音”。

前面提到的匏、土、革、木、石、金六种材料，再加上用丝弦和竹管制作的乐器所代表的材料，总共这八类，就构成了中国古代对乐器的主要分类体系，称为“八音”。它总结了古代乐器的材质分类。

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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.