Correspondence For Lower Primary v. 7 (尺牍课本 第七册（初级小学用）

istributed and published by Da Zong Shu Ju (大众书局印行) in Singapore, this primary school textbook imparts skills of letter writing such as style, expression and format. The front cover also states that this textbook was endorsed by Liu Da Bai (刘大白), a prominent poet of modern Chinese poetry during the Republican period who also spearheaded the new education policy in China and the move towards vernacular Chinese.Letters were the main form of communication in the past, and textbooks such as Correspondence aimed to teach students this skill. This skill was especially important in overseas Chinese communities as letter-writing was instrumental in allowing them to maintain ties with their relatives in China.

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