COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
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Manchester~91~1
Rylands Collection
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Image Number:
Bookreader Chinese 23
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Bookreader Chinese 23
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
Chinese Crawford 23
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Chinese Crawford 23
Reference Number
false
Parent Work Title:
San zi jing 三字經
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San zi jing 三字經
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Tu xiang san zi jing 圖像三字經
title_l_e_variant
Tu xiang san zi jing 圖像三字經
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Translated Parent Work Title:
The Three Character Classic
title_l_e_translation
The Three Character Classic
Translated Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
19th century
date_created
19th century
Date Created
false
Publication Details:
文林堂藏版
imprint
文林堂藏版
Publication Details
false
Description:
Named 三字經 (Three Character Classic) because each line is made up of a three-character phrase. Traditional primer for primary education, teaches Literary Chinese reading as well as elements of history and philosophy. Likely first composed in the 13th century CE, attributed to several authors but its original author remains unknown. Widely used right up to the mid 20th century, still used today but no longer part of formal education. Virtually every educated person in early modern and modern China, and elsewhere in East Asia, would have memorised this text. Printings of this text were widely available in relatively cheap woodblock printed editions. A few lines were added in the early twentieth century to describe the history of the fall of the Qing and the founding of the Republic of China in 1912.
description
Named 三字經 (Three Character Classic) because each line is made up of a three-character phrase. Traditional primer for primary education, teaches Literary Chinese reading as well as elements of history and philosophy. Likely first composed in the 13th century CE, attributed to several authors but its original author remains unknown. Widely used right up to the mid 20th century, still used today but no longer part of formal education. Virtually every educated person in early modern and modern China, and elsewhere in East Asia, would have memorised this text. Printings of this text were widely available in relatively cheap woodblock printed editions. A few lines were added in the early twentieth century to describe the history of the fall of the Qing and the founding of the Republic of China in 1912.
Description
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Language Code:
chi-CN
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chi-CN
Language Code
false
Language:
Chinese
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Chinese
Language
false
Subject:
Education
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Education
Subject
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Category of Material:
Printed
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Printed
Category of Material
false
Technique Used:
Woodcut (process)
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Woodcut (process)
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false
Medium:
Ink
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Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
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Paper
Support
false
Item Height:
175 mm
item_height
175 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
95 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
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Lindsay family Earls of Crawford and Balcarres, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
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The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work
false
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2018-09-12
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2018-10
Educational Notes:
Chinese Educational Texts of the Late Qing Dynasty
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Chinese Educational Texts of the Late Qing Dynasty
Educational Notes
false
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead:
Gregory Scott
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Gregory Scott
Academic Project Lead
false
Educational Notes:
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition
educational_notes
Qing: China's multilingual empire exhibition
Educational Notes
false
Academic Project Lead:
Julianne Simpson
academic_project_lead
Julianne Simpson
Academic Project Lead
false
Collection Code:
Rylands
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Rylands
Collection Code
false