Four Books and Five Classics

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The Four Books and Five Classics (traditional Chinese: 四書五經; simplified Chinese: 四书五经; pinyin: Sìshū Wŭjīng) are the authoritative books of Confucianism in China written before 300 BCE.

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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), and the Mencius (孟子).

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), Classic of Poetry (詩經), Classic of Rites (禮記), Classic of History (書經), and Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋)

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The Four Books	The Great Learning (大學) • The Doctrine of the Mean (中庸) • The Analects (論語) • The Mencius (孟子)

The Five Classics	Classic of Changes (易經) • Classic of Poetry (詩經) • Classic of Rites (禮記) • Classic of History (書經) • Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋)