Page:Horæ Sinicæ, Translations from the Popular Literature of the Chinese (horsinictran00morrrich, Morrison, 1812).djvu/11



THIS is the first of four small tracts that are put into the hands of children in China. It derives its name from the original having every member of a sentence comprised in three characters. A number of the sentences are made use of in explaining the Four-books of Kung-fu-tsi, [Confucius,] whence it becomes useful as an elementary work. The author of this tract is not known, but it is considered as ancient, and excellent in its kind.