Three Character Classic 三字經 (Traditional Version) - Caligraphy, translation and explanation.The Three Character Classic (Chinese: 三字经, 三字經), commonly known as San Zi Jing,[1] also translated as Trimetric Classic,[2] is one of the Chinese classic texts. It was probably written in the 13th century and is mainly attributed to Wang Yinglin (王應麟, 1223–1296) during the Song dynasty. It is also attributed to Ou Shizi (1234–1324).The work is not one of the traditional six Confucian classics, but rather