San Bai Qian：The China's enlightenment books In ancient China.Chinese children learn the Chinese characters begin with San Zi Jing (The Three-Character Classics 《三字经》),Bai Jia Xing (The Huandred Family Surnames 《百家姓》) and Qian Zi Wen (The Thousand-Character Classics 《千字文》).These books we collectively call “San Bai Qian”.They are the most influnce and popular children’s enlightenment books from Ming Dynasty. A child first time to learn the Chinese characters in the ancient old-style private school should recite the “San Bai Qian”.When the child recited the books ,he would accompany by the swaying of the body to give the proper rhythm.Then they were able to study other classic books. San Zi Jing is including history, astronomy, geography, moral, and some folk legends;Bai Jia Xing is about widespread Chinese surnames;Qian Zi Wen is made up of 1000 chinese characters,999 of them are different.So if a child can recite “San Bai Qian”,he will get the most basic knowledge of Chinese.