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San Tzu Ching

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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.

Wang Yinglin1328449San Tzu Ching (三字經)1900Herbert Allen Giles

ELEMENTARY CHINESE


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


Printed by E. J. BRILL, Leyden.



By the same Author:

A Chinese-English Dictionary, ryl 4to, pp. XLVI and 1415
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, 2 vols. cr. 8vo.
Gems of Chinese Literature
Historic China and other Sketches
Chuang Tzŭ, — Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer
Chinese Sketches
Chinese without a Teacher, 5th edition
Record of the Buddhistic Kingdoms
Glossary of Reference on the Far East, 3rd edition
Remains of Lau Tzŭ
Synoptical Studies in Chinese Character
Handbook of the Swatow Dialect
From Swatow to Canton Overland
Dictionary of Colloquial Idioms
A Chinese Biographical Dictionary, pp. XII, 1022
Catalogue of the Wade Library, Cambridge
Chinese Poetry in English Verse



Printed by E. J. BRILL, Leyden.

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Original:

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


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