This book introduces pre-modern Chinese primary learning materials from the Han 漢Dynasty to the Qing清Dynasty, a span of some two thousand years. Historical Chinese children’s primers include the Thousand Character Classic《千字文》, Kaimeng Yaoxun《開蒙要訓》, Mengqiu《蒙求》, Taigong Jiajiao《太公家教》, Tuyuan Ce《兔園冊》, Three Character Classic 《三字經》, Hundred Family Surnames 《百家姓》, Poems by a Thousand Poets 《千家詩》, Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars 《二十四孝》, Youxue Qionglin《幼學瓊林》, Longwen Bianying 《龍文鞭影》, Wise Sayings from the Past 《昔時賢文》, and Dizi Gui 《弟子規》. These writings offer a valuable window into the cultural values transmitted to children in pre-modern times, and even now influence ordinary people throughout the Chinese cultural world. This book is addressed to scholars of Chinese children’s primers, and researchers in the field of Chinese literacy education.
辭章乃由內容結構與章法結構,以一縱一橫交錯而形成完整的篇章,而它又與篇旨、風格有直接關係,因此本書特先歸本於形象思維以梳理內容結構、邏輯思維以梳理章法結構,再藉綜合思維來談主旨與風格,然後用「多、二、一(0)」的邏輯結構「一以貫之」,兼顧理論與實際,完整地呈現篇章結構的內涵與特色,供社會大眾自修,或用作大專院校「章法學」或「篇章結構學」課程之教材。希望讀者能藉此增進辭章「篇章結構」的分析能力,從而擴大整體「再創造」的鑑賞效果,以真正領略辭章整體之美感。