San Tzu Ching

San Tzu Ching (三字經）  (1900)  by Wang Yinglin, translated by Herbert Allen Giles

The Three Character Classic, Trimetric Classic or San Zi Jing (San Tzu Ching in the Wade-Giles Romanisation system) is one of the Chinese classics. It was probably written in the 13th century and attributed to Wang Yinglin during the Song Dynasty. It is also attributed to Ou Shizi.— Excerpted from Three Character Classic on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

ELEMENTARY CHINESE 三 字 經 San Tzŭ Ching TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED BY HERBERT A. GILES, M.A., LL.D. (Aberd.) Professor of Chinese in the University of Cambridge and late H. B. M. Consul at Ningpo Shanghai Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Ld. 1900

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Chapters (not individually listed) Preface San Tzu Ching Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Appendix IV Appendix V Appendix VI

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Original:	This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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