Editing Three Character Classic (section)

== Reception ==
The first two lines were recited at the [[Academy Awards 2021]] by [[Chloé Zhao]], the award winner for best director.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZUt1LMH-98&t=48s  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/OZUt1LMH-98| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Chloé Zhao accepts Best Director Academy Award for 'Nomadland' | work=[[Good Morning America|GMA]] |date=April 26, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |quote=It's called the Three  Character Classics. And the first phrase goes: 人之初, 性本善 - - People at birth are inherently good}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/26/china/oscars-china-chloe-zhao-mic-intl-hnk/index.html |title=This year's Oscars could have been a moment of pride for China. Then politics got in the way |work=cnn.com |date=April 26, 2021 |access-date=April 27, 2021 |quote=Zhao said she used to recite classic Chinese poems and texts with her father, and one particular line from the Three Character Classic -- "People at birth are inherently good" -- had helped her keep going when things got hard.}}</ref>