南北朝梁武帝大周年間，由周興嗣編纂而成的《千字文》，用一千個不重覆的字，編成四字一句，二句一對，有意義且押韻整齊的語句，從隋代開始流行，自唐、宋以降，直至明、清，一直是中國地區通行的識字課本。此書並和宋元年間興起的《三字經》、《百家姓》流傳到清末，成爲一套密不可分的識字教材，並列爲「三、百、千」，可見其生命力之強韌，經得起時間的考驗。《千字文》除了富有豐厚之內涵及文學價值，更具有獨特之教育作用，是一部適合兒童閱讀的教材。雖然它流傳久遠，但是除了歷代書法家據以書寫，有些墨寶流傳後世之外，其原文與註解，均已亡佚。故本研究並未考證共內容的演變，而只就《千字文》之內涵做探討，藉以了解此書在中國傳統蒙書發展中的地位。

In the period of Emperor Liang-Wu of Southern and Northern Dynasty Chow Hing-Ji compiled "Thousand Character Classic". Chow HingJi used one thousand unique characters to edit meaningful and rhyming sentences in the form of four words of a sentence and every two antithetic sentences. "Thousand Character Classic" had been a popular literate reconginzing material from Sui Dynasty to Qing Dyansty. It had equal fame and great relationship with "Calligrapher" and "Hundred Family Surnames" of the Song Dynasty and which had handed down to the end of Qing Dynasty. In addition to all of the above, "Thousand Character Classic" is full of vitality and even can stand the test. Furthermore, "Thousand Character Classic" is a good reading material for children not only with abundant meanings and literature value, but also with unique educational function. "Thousand Character Classic" was written by the calligraphists of all the past dynasties, but the original text and commentaries has been lost except some treasure paintings. In order to understand the status of "Thousand Character Classic" in the development of the enlightenment education teaching material, this study focuses on the research of the meaning instead of the research of the change.