Chinese classic texts such as Three Character Primer, a teaching
tool for children in ancient times, won't be introduced to primary
and secondary schools in their entirety, the Shandong Business
Daily reported on Thursday.
Schools under the nine-year compulsory education phase in East
China's Shandong province, the home of Confucius, got the notice
from the education department on Wednesday. They were told to use
selected classic texts in a provincial special course called
traditional culture, said the report.
The course is aimed at teaching Chinese traditional culture and
instilling national spirit among elementary and middle school
students with classic literary works.
Three Character Primer, composed in the late southern Song
Dynasty, contains over 1,000 characters, with three characters in
each line of verse. The primer covers elements of Chinese history
and the basis of Confucian morality.
