01506cam a22003133u 4500 24184 UtSlPG 20260610133544.0 m cr n 260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG zh iso639-1 PL Zhou, Xingsi, -521 千字文 Qian Zi Wen Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2008 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_Character_Classic Release date is 2008-01-07 "千字文" by Xingsi Zhou is a Chinese poem composed in the sixth century. Containing exactly one thousand unique characters arranged into rhyming stanzas, it served as a fundamental literacy primer throughout the Sinosphere. Each character appears only once in this carefully constructed text, designed to teach children character recognition through memorization and song. Legend claims Zhou's hair turned white from completing this imperial commission overnight. Its influence spread across East Asia for over a millennium. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Chinese language -- Readers https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24184 65185 65185