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From the Father's Lecture Notes

Lay a large sheet of paper sideways and draw one long line from left to right. What matters is not getting the names right but getting the lengths right: the Zhou section must be very long, the Qin section only as wide as a fingernail. One look tells the child which was long and which was short, and that is something no amount of reciting can give.

Translated from Yikonglu's Father's Lecture Notes for the Three Character Classic, written for a parent teaching a child.

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