Reading the classics started in society outside of the educational system. Now it has entered a stage of being half-way in the system, as supplementary education or an extracurricular activity. Eventually, it may enter the system, with classes in elementary schools or with the reading of the classics included in Chinese class.
讀經先從體制外的社會教育開始，然後進入半體制階段，成為補充教學或課外活動；最後則進入體制，在國小開設讀經課程，或是在國語課加入經典的誦讀。