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Image Number: 
Bookreader Chinese 24
Reference Number: 
Chinese 24
Parent Work Title: 
Qian zi wen 千字文
Translated Parent Work Title: 
The Thousand Character Text
Date Created: 
[c1813]
Publication Details: 
Xia zhang 霞漳 [Fujian province?]
Description: 
A text for primary education, consists of one thousand unique characters grouped into 250 lines with four characters each. Said to have been composed in the 6th century CE, earliest extant copies date from the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE), but original author or authors unknown. Used in primary education throughout East Asia up to the twentieth century, memorized by pupils. This version includes a full rendering of the One Hundred Surnames. Possibly carved in 1813 - Jiaqing era 癸酉 cycle year is listed.
Language: 
Classical Chinese
Subject: 
Education
Category of Material: 
Printed
Technique Used: 
Woodcut (process)
Medium: 
Ink
Support: 
Paper
Current Repository: 
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image: 
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work: 
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights: 
Creative Commons License
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd): 
2018-09-12
Image Creation Technique: 
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm): 
2018-09
Educational Notes: 
Four Educational Texts of late-Imperial China
Metadata Language: 
eng-GB
Academic Project Lead: 
Gregory Scott