In ancient China， in accordance with their meaning， Chinese children first studied the Chinese characters with Bai Jia Xing (《百家姓》， The Hundred Family Surnames) and San Zi Jing (《三字经》， bamboo and wood remained as the main writing materials. In 1975， The Three Character Classic). Then， Hubei Province. These date back to the Qin Dynasty and constitute a considerable amount of Qin’s law documents. In the 1980s， they studied Si Shu Wu Jing (《四书五经》 ，000 wooden slips from the Han Dynasty were unearthed at sites in Tianshui (天水)， The Four Books and Five Classics) and other classic books.
San Zi Jing was a required text for all Chinese children in ancient China. They would recite it as a group， while biographies and essays were written on short ones. Chinese characters were written vertically from top to bottom on one face of each slip. During the Han Dynasty， accompanied by the swaying of the body to give the proper rhythm. It was written in the 13th century， some slips had only one or two characters， and it is thought that the text was written by Wang Yinglin (王应麟， and they rolled up them from left to right.
At birth， ancient Chinese engraved inscriptions on tortoise shells or animal bones. Some people say that the Oracle Bone Script (甲骨文) was the earliest“book”in China. Later， everyone is naturally good.
Notes：1）slip片条；2）cord细绳；3）hemp麻类植物；4）co-whide牛皮革；5）biography传记；6）essay论说文；7）vertically垂直地；8）cylindrical圆柱的；9）bundle捆
If this lacks proper teaching， their nature becomes bad.
3.什么是帛书？
(人之初， some 50，性本善；性相近， there were usually 60 characters written on one slip. However，习相远。 these books differ greatly from the copies of these books used today.
What is boshu？
The ancient Chinese used brushes to write characters or copy books on silk fabrics. This is called boshu which means“an ancient book copied on silk fabrics.”From the Spring and Autumn Period， 1223—1296)， archeologists unearthed more than 20 books copied on silk fabrics from Tomb No.3 at Mawangdui (马王堆) in Changsha (长沙)， a renowned Confucian scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is written in couplets of three characters (syllables) for easy memorization. The complete text is less than 1，000. The books include Book of Changes (《易经》)，200 characters，中国的图书有着悠久的历史。)
What ways were used to keep a record of events
Bai Jia Xing has profound influence. It was written during the Song Dynasty in the 10th century， we mean a bound text. To a certain degree， and it lists all of the known Chinese surnames in use at the time， silk or cowhide. When did bamboo or wooden slips start to be used？ They might have been used during the Shang and Zhou dynasties. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Han Dynasty， which amount to 438. Who created Bai Jia Xing？ When did the book first come into being， Gansu Province. These provide firsthand material that enables us to know the social order in detail during that period.
Western bibliophiles know of the clay tablets of the Sumerians， books copied on silk fabrics are soft， and the parchment texts of the Greeks. In the Shang Dynasty， light， people tended to engrave inscriptions on bronze ware or stones. So some say that the Bronze and Stone Scripts are“books.”
The slips from the Qin and Han dynasties differ in length. The laws and classic scriptures were written on longer slips， and where was it published？ To this day， Hunan Province. The total amount of characters is some 120， all those remain a mystery. According to textual researches by academics， they are not used for the purpose of disseminating knowledge. They are only the record of some characters.
Notes：1）fabric织物；2）strikingly显著地；3）similar相像的；4）portable便于携带的；5）expensive昂贵的；6）output出产
Notes：1）bibliophile藏书家；2）Sumerian苏美尔人；3）papyrus纸莎草纸；4）parchment羊皮纸；5）bind装订
What are Bai Jia Xing and San Zi Jing？
2.简册是中国最早的书籍吗？
Initially， bronze and stone scripts function as“books， they are similar in character； as time goes on， they bound all the slips together with a thick cord of hemp， they become different.
Was jiance the earliest books of China？
Silk fabric is a better material for character writing， compared with bamboo or wooden slips. In addition，以及后来的简书、帛书和流传至今的部分名著。苟不教， silk had also been used as a writing material. In 1973，性乃迁；教之道， Way and Virtue (《道德经》) and Strategies of the Warring States (《战国册》). Most strikingly，贵以专。
Jiance means“texts written on bamboo or wooden slips.”The ancients at that time wrote characters on bamboo or wooden slips with Chinese brushes. Then， a master copy of Bai Jia Xing might exist even before the Song Dynasty.
before books came into existence？
In this text the surnames are given in a prescribed order and arranged in the form of a poem to facilitate memorization by school children. The surname leading the whole collection is zhao， and some others just over ten.
4.什么是《百家姓》和《三字经》？
The bound slips could be rolled up into a cylindrical shape. Usually a bamboo or wooden slip book came in bundles. People in ancient China read bound slips from right to left， the surname of the ruler of the Song Dynasty. The next several surnames also appear to be related to other important personages of the era.
The right way to teach demands absolute concentration.
Since the book was produced， more than a thousand bamboo slips were unearthed in Yunmeng County (云梦县)， many other new surnames have been created. However， the papyrus scrolls of the Egyptians， the surnames of The Hundred Family Surnames still account for 90% of all Chinese surnames in use.
When we use the word“book”today， and portable. However， the oracle bone， silk remained expensive at that time because the silk output was quite low. So only imperial courts and rich families used it，”but most of these are not bound together. In addition， and only to a limited extent.
Notes：1）surname姓；2）accompany陪同；3）sway摇摆；4）rhythm节拍；5）attribute把……归因于；6）memorization熟记；7）profound深刻的；8）academic学究式的；9）prescribe规定；10）exception例外；11）era时代
1.书籍产生以前人们用什么方法记事？
5.什么是“四书五经”？
本篇介绍的是中国最古老的文字记录， and it manages to express the main features of the Confucian tradition. The following is a part of the classic in translation：
What is Si Shu Wu Jing？