The Three Character Classic, Trimetric Classic or San Zi Jing is one of the Chinese classic texts. It was probably written in the 13th century and attributed to Wang Yinglin (王應麟, 1223--1296)
《 sān zì jīnɡ 》
《 三 字 经 》
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The Three Character Classic, Trimetric Classic or San Zi Jing is one of the Chinese classic texts. It was probably written in the 13th century and attributed to Wang Yinglin (王應麟, 1223--1296) during the Song Dynasty. It is also attributed to Ou Shizi (歐適子, 1234--1324).
Elementary Chinese,Three Character Classic translated by Herbert A. Giles (Shanghai, 1910)
rén zhī chū ， xìnɡ běn shàn 。
人 之 初 ， 性 本 善 。
Men at their birth are naturally good.
xìnɡ xiānɡ jìn ， xí xiānɡ yuǎn 。
性 相 近 ， 习 相 远 。
Their natures are much the same; their habits become widely different.
