Title
The Illustrated Trimetric Classic with explanations (绘图增注历史三字经)
Year/Period
Late Qing to early Republican period
Region
China
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 21.1 x 13.0 x 0.3 cm
Accession No.
2021-00319
Collection of
Most likely published in Shanghai, this version of the Trimetric Classic contains illustrations and explanations in vernacular Chinese. The illustrations were printed from woodblocks and were useful to introduce the classics to young children. Such books were commonly used as introductory books in Chinese-medium primary schools in Singapore before the 1920s.
