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千字文

The Thousand Character Classic

周興嗣

中文 · early 6th century · Poetry

A rhymed poem of one thousand characters, long used as a primer for learning to read and write Chinese and for calligraphy practice.

南朝梁周興嗣所編四言韻文,凡一千字,歷代用作識字啟蒙與書法範本。

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