Abstract: Thousand Character Classic is an initiation of teaching materials for Chinese,which spread to Japan with Four Books and Five Classics through North Korea as early as the third century.In Japan,from the early royal Chinese learning to the Terakoya’s teaching in the Edo period,Thousand Character Classic has always been regarded as the simplified version of textbooks of Confucianism and Sinology education such as the Four Books and Five Classics.At the same time,it was a practical version of textbooks in teaching Chinese characters and Chinese.Firstly,the paper clarified the historical origin and unique characteristics of Chinese teaching and identified the status of Thousand Character Classic in the history of Chinese teaching in Japan.Secondly,the paper stated that Thousand Character Classic had a template role of textbook besides giving descriptions of exclusive rules of Chinese characters and Chinese teaching.Finally,the paper stated that Thousand Character Classic had played a significant role in the communication of Chinese in the history,and it inspired nowadays’ Chinese teaching.

Key words: Thousand Character Classic, Chineseteaching history, Chineseteaching in Japan, Chineseteaching materials