Thousand Character Classic
Chinese poem consisting of 1000 characters, each used only once, arranged into 250 lines and grouped into four line rhyming stanzas
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Thousand Character Classic
Summary
Thousand Character Classic is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Thousand Character Classic authored Zhou Xingsi[3].
- Thousand Character Classic's image is recorded as Han Ho-Cheonjamun.jpg[4].
- Thousand Character Classic's image is recorded as MET DP204874 CRD.jpg[5].
- Thousand Character Classic's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
- Thousand Character Classic's instance of is recorded as isogram[7].
- Thousand Character Classic's instance of is recorded as Chiliad[8].
- Thousand Character Classic's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00627501[9].
- Thousand Character Classic's Commons category is recorded as Thousand characters classical-Qianziwen[10].
- Thousand Character Classic's language of work or name is recorded as Middle Chinese[11].
- +0600-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Thousand Character Classic[12].
- Thousand Character Classic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03g87k[13].
- Thousand Character Classic's has edition or translation is recorded as Thousand Character Classic (Han Ho)[14].
- Thousand Character Classic's has edition or translation is recorded as Thousand Character Classic in Regular and Cursive Scripts[15].
- Thousand Character Classic's title is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '千字文'}[16].
- Thousand Character Classic's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '天地玄黃'}[17].
- Thousand Character Classic's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '焉哉乎也'}[18].
- Thousand Character Classic's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
- Thousand Character Classic's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 천자문[20].
- Thousand Character Classic's Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID is recorded as E0056006[21].
- Thousand Character Classic's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 204141[22].
- Thousand Character Classic's Yale LUX ID is recorded as text/271af910-b63a-409f-bd51-c140ce7f6308[23].
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Works and Contributions
Thousand Character Classic authored Zhou Xingsi[3].
Why It Matters
Thousand Character Classic ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]