Thousand Character Classic

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Thousand_Character_Classic
GPTKB entity
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gptkbp:instanceOf Chinese text
gptkbp:author Zhou Xingsi
gptkbp:category gptkb:Chinese_calligraphy
Chinese literature
Chinese-language education
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Emperor_Wu_of_Liang
gptkbp:compiledBy Zhou Xingsi
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:China
gptkbp:date 6th century
gptkbp:eachCharacterUsedOnce true
gptkbp:genre primer
gptkbp:hasLetter 1000
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thousand Character Classic
gptkbp:influenced Japanese education
Korean education
Vietnamese education
gptkbp:language gptkb:Classical_Chinese
gptkbp:notableFor each character appears only once
longstanding use in East Asia
rhythmic and rhymed structure
gptkbp:originalTitle 千字文
gptkbp:purpose teaching Chinese characters
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Three_Character_Classic
gptkb:Hundred_Family_Surnames
Thousand Family Surnames
gptkbp:structure 250 four-character phrases
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Korean
Japanese
Vietnamese
gptkbp:usedIn education
memorization
calligraphy practice
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Three_Character_Classic
gptkb:Hundred_Family_Surnames
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7