The Three Character Classic (三字经) continues to pile on reading for its young readers, this time turning to what are called the six classics (六经), namely the the book of Poetry (诗经), the Book of Documents (书经), the Book of Changes (易经), the Rites of the Zhou (礼记), and the Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋经). The三字经 was written by the Song Dynasty (宋朝) scholar Wang Yinglin (王应麟). This 1,134 character text was one of the first textbooks used by students, and provided lessons on education, morality and ethics, science, literature, and history.