# 千字文

By Xingsi Zhou.

"千字文" by Xingsi Zhou is a Chinese poem composed in the sixth century. It contains exactly one thousand unique characters arranged into memorable four-character lines that rhyme. Created to teach children Chinese literacy, it became one of the most widely read texts in China's first millennium. Each character appears only once, making it a masterpiece of linguistic craftsmanship and a favored text for calligraphers across East Asia for over a millennium. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Chinese
- Subjects: Chinese language -- Readers

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