Chinese literature
Ancient texts
- The Four Books (四书, Sì shū) are
- The Great Learning, (大学, Dà Xué).
- The Doctrine of the Golden Mean (中庸, Zhōng Yóng).
- The Analects of Confucius (论语, Lùn Yǔ), a book of pithy sayings attributed to Confucius.
- Mencius (孟子, Mèng Zǐ).
- The Five Classics (五经, Wǔ jīng) are
- The Classic of Poetry (诗经, Shī Jīng), made up of 305 poems.
- The Classic of History (书经, Shū Jīng) contains examples of early Chinese prose.
- The Book of Changes or I Ching (易经, Yì Jīng), a manual of divination based on the eight trigrams.
- The Classic of Rites (礼记, Lǐ Jì) describes ancient rites and court ceremonies.
- The Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋, Chūn Qiū).
- The Classic of Music (乐经) is sometime referred to as the sixth classic, but is lost.
- Other classics:
- The Classic of The Way and its Virtue or Tao Te Ching (道德经, Dao De Jing), attributed to Lao Zi.
- The True Classic of Perfect Emptiness, attributed to Lie Zi.
- The Classic of Filial Piety (孝经, Xiao Jing)
- The Three Character Classic
- Other ancient texts:
- Zhuang Zi
- The book of Xun Zi
- The Art of War (孙子兵法) by Sun Tzu
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Ancient texts |
| ► | Classical Poetry |
| ► | Classical Prose |
| ► | Classic Novels |
| ► | Modern |
| ► | Overseas Chinese Literature |
| ► | Others |
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