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The Four Books and Five Classics (simplified Chinese: 四书五经; traditional Chinese: 四書五經; pinyin: Sìshū Wŭjīng) are the authoritative books of Confucianism in China written before 300 BC.
Four Books
Main article: Four Books
The Four Books are Chinese classic texts that Zhu Xi selected, in the Song dynasty, as an introduction to Confucianism:
- The Great Learning (大學)
- The Doctrine of the Mean (中庸)
- The Analects of Confucius (論語)
- The Mencius (孟子).
Five Classics
Main article: Five Classics
The Five Classics is a corpus of five ancient Chinese books used by Confucianism as the basis of studies. According to tradition, they were compiled or edited by Confucius himself. They are*
- Classic of Changes (易經) (also known as the I Ching)
- Classic of Poetry (詩經)
- Classic of Rites (禮記)
- Classic of History (書經)
- Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋)
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