Chinese vs. Western Education Reading from the classics as a child was a Chinese educational tradition practiced for thousands of years. These classics included such books as The Thousand Character Classic, The Three Character Classic, the Five Books and the Four Classics and other beginners 'texts.
兒童讀經原是中國實行數千年的教育傳統，念書的孩子都是從千字文、三字經，和四書五經等啟蒙。