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1 four books
1. 1 University
1.2 The golden mean
1.3 The Analects of Confucius
1.4 Mencius
2 Five Classics
2. 1 The Book of Songs
2.2 "History"
2.3 The Book of Rites
2.4 Zhouyi
2.5 Spring and Autumn Annals
3 See also
4 external links
[Editor] Four books
Main items: four books.
Four Books are Confucian classics. Zhu, a scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, took out two books in The Book of Rites, Daxue and Zhong Yong, and combined them with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius into four books. It is said that they are called "Four Books" (also called "Four Books") because of the four representatives of early Confucianism, namely Zeng Shen, Zi Si, Confucius and Mencius. After that, the four books were listed as the scope of imperial examinations in previous dynasties, thus creating the unique position of the four books. Even after the Song Dynasty, the Four Books had surpassed the Five Classics.
During the first year of Song Guangzong (1 190), Zhu, a famous Neo-Confucianism scholar, collected works such as The University, The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and The Doctrine of the Mean in Zhangzhou, Fujian, and published them as a set of classics. The Confucian scholar believes that "go to college first to determine its scale; Read the Analects of Confucius for the second time to determine its roots; Read Mencius for the second time to see its development; For the subtleties of the ancients, read The Mean. He once said that "Four Books" and "Steps of Six Classics" ("Zhuzi School") Zhu's Notes on Four Books and Sentence Reading are of epoch-making significance. The Han and Tang Dynasties were the Five Classics era, and the Song Dynasty was the Four Books era.
[Editor] University
Major projects: University (book)
Da Xue was originally an article in the Book of Rites, which had never been published separately before the Southern Song Dynasty. It is said that it was written by Zeng Shen, a disciple of Confucius (505-434 BC). From the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu and Li Ao maintained orthodoxy and praised universities (and the golden mean) to the Northern Song Dynasty, Cheng Er praised and publicized them in various ways, and even called them "universities", which was Kong's suicide note. Later, in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu inherited the thought of Cheng Er, and compared The Great Learning in The Book of Rites with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. According to Zhu and Cheng Yi, another famous scholar in Song Dynasty, Daxue is a suicide note left by Confucius and his disciples, and a popular reading of Confucianism. Therefore, Zhu listed it as the first of the "four books".
[Editor] The Mean
Subject: the golden mean
The Doctrine of the Mean was originally one of The Book of Rites, which was never published separately before the Southern Song Dynasty. It is generally believed that it was written by Confucius' grandson Zisi (483 BC-402 BC), and the history book Confucius' Family said that Zisi wrote the Doctrine of the Mean. From the Tang Dynasty when Han Yu and Li Ao praised the golden mean (and universities), to the Northern Song Dynasty when Cheng Er praised and publicized the golden mean in various ways, and even thought that the golden mean was "a way to teach the mind through Confucius", and then Zhu inherited Cheng Er's thought in the Southern Song Dynasty, so he took it out and compared it with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. Judging from the basic viewpoints of The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius, they are basically the same. However, the existing The Doctrine of the Mean was revised by Confucian scholars in Qin Dynasty, which was written roughly shortly after Qin unified the whole country. So every article is different from "University". It does not take the first two words of justice as the title, but the central content of the article as the title.
The Analects of Confucius
Main project: The Analects of Confucius
The Analects of Confucius is a book that records the words and deeds of Confucius and his students. Confucius (55 1 years ago -479 years ago), whose name was Zhong Ni, was born in (present-day Qufu, Shandong) in the Spring and Autumn Period. The founder of Confucianism, the most famous thinker, politician and educator in ancient China, had a far-reaching influence on the development of China's ideology and culture. The Analects of Confucius was written in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was recorded by Confucius' students and their retranslators. The Analects of Confucius is a book that records the words and deeds of Confucius and his students. The Analects of Confucius covers many aspects such as philosophy, politics, economy, education, literature and art, and is the most important classic of Confucianism. In terms of expression, The Analects of Confucius is a model for recording prose, with concise language and vivid images. In terms of arrangement, The Analects has no strict compiling style, each article is a chapter, and each chapter is a chapter. Articles and chapters are not closely related, but are roughly classified and repeated chapters appear. By the Han Dynasty, there were three editions of The Analects of Confucius (20), The Analects of Confucius (22) and The Analects of Classical Chinese (2 1). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan compiled and annotated a new book based on The Analects of Lu with reference to The Analects of Qi and The Analects of Ancient Chinese. After Zheng Xuan's annotations were circulated, The Analects of Confucius and The Analects of China Ancient Literature gradually disappeared. The later editions of The Analects of Confucius mainly include: The Analects of Confucius by Wei in the Three Kingdoms Period, On Shu Shu by Liang Huang Kan in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, The Analects of Confucius by Zhu, The Analects of Confucius by Liu Baonan in the Qing Dynasty, etc.
[Editor] Mencius
Main project: Mencius (book)
Mencius is a book that records the words and deeds of Mencius and his students. Mencius (about 372- 289 BC), whose real name was Yu Zi, was born in Zou (now southeast of Zou County, Shandong Province) in the middle of the Warring States Period, not far from Confucius' hometown Qufu. He is a famous thinker, politician, educator and the successor of Confucius' theory. Like Confucius, Mencius once led students to travel to Wei, Qi, Song, Lu, Teng, Xue and other countries, and once served as a guest minister. Because his political views were not as important as those of Confucius, he returned to his hometown to call his disciples to give lectures, and wrote a book with Zhang Wan and other students, saying, "Preface a poem book, understand Zhong Ni's meaning, and write seven pieces of Mencius." (Historical Records Biography of Mencius and Xun Qing) Zhao Qi compared Mencius with The Analects of Confucius in Mencius' copybook, and thought that Mencius was "imitating a saint". Therefore, although the History of Literature and Art of Han Dynasty only regards Mencius as a sub-book, in the eyes of Han people, it has actually been regarded as a "biography" book to assist the classics. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty named The Analects of Confucius, The Book of Filial Piety, Mencius and Er Ya as "Biographers". At the end of the Five Dynasties, Meng Changjun, the master of the post-Shu Dynasty, ordered people to carve stones on eleven classics such as Mencius, which may be the beginning of Mencius' being included in the Classics. By the time of filial piety in the Southern Song Dynasty, four books compiled by Zhu were included in Mencius, which officially raised Mencius to a very high position. After the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it became the content of the imperial examination and was a must-read for scholars.
[Editor] Five Classics
Subject: Five Classics
The Five Classics is the collective name of five ancient classic works based on Confucianism. It is said that they were edited or revised by Confucius, one of the founders of Confucianism. There are six Confucian classics, namely The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Yili, Jing Yue, Zhouyi and Chunqiu.
Qin Shihuang "burned books to bury Confucianism". It is said that Yue Ji was lost after the Qin fire. On this basis, The Analects of Confucius, The Book of Filial Piety and The Seven Classics of * * * were added in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhou Li, Book of Rites, Biography of the Spring and Autumn Ram, Biography of the Spring and Autumn Valley, Erya and Twelve Classics were added in the Tang Dynasty. Mencius was supplemented in the Song Dynasty, and later the Notes to Thirteen Classics was handed down from generation to generation. Thirteen Classics is the basic work of Confucian culture. As far as traditional concepts are concerned, Yi, Shi, Shu, Li and Chunqiu are called classics, while Zuo Zhuan, Yang Gongzhuan and Gu Liangzhuan belong to Chunqiu Jingzhuan and Book of Rites. The last five classics refer to Zhouyi, Shangshu, Book of Songs, Book of Rites and Zuo Zhuan.
Book of Songs
Main project: The Book of Songs
The Book of Songs was called "Poetry" or "Poetry 300" in the pre-Qin period, and it was China's first poetry collection. Collected 305 poems (original poems 3 1 1) from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, which is a collection of poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. "There are more than 3,000 poems written by the ancients, which are related to Confucius, but none of them are important ..." (Historical Records Confucius Family) is said to be compiled by Confucius. "Poetry" is divided into three parts: wind, elegance and ode, with "Wind" as a folk song, "Elegance" as the official elegant music of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and "Ode" as a dance music for the upper class to sacrifice to the ancestral temple. This book widely reflects all aspects of social life at that time, and is known as the encyclopedia of life in ancient society, which has a far-reaching impact on future generations. Friends who like poetry believe that they have all read it.
[Editor] Shangshu
Main items: Shangshu (Classic)
Shangshu was called Shu in ancient times and Shangshu in Chinese. "Shang" means "Shang" and "ancient times". This book is the earliest compilation of historical documents in ancient China. Records can be traced back to the legendary Yao and Shun period to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (mid-Spring and Autumn Period), about 1500 years. The basic content is the records of ancient imperial edicts and conversations between monarch and minister, so the author should be a historian. Historical Records Confucius Family said that Confucius' "Biography of Preface Book was compiled from Tang Yu to Qin Miao", which is said to be compiled by Confucius. There are two versions of Shangshu, one is Jinwen Shangshu, and the other is Guwen Shangshu. At present, the popular version of Notes to Thirteen Classics is a co-editor of Jinwen Shangshu and Pseudo-Guwen Shangshu. Ancient people praised "reading poetry books", referring to the Book of Songs and the Book of History respectively.
[Editor] Book of Rites
Main items: The Book of Rites
The Book of Rites is an anthology of Confucian scholars' articles from the Warring States to the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Book of Rites only explains the Book of Rites (Zhu Zi Yu Volume 87), which is a compilation of Confucianism. Although the Book of Rites is only a book to explain the Book of Rites, its influence is beyond the Book of Rites and the Book of Rites because of its wide coverage. There are two versions of The Book of Rites, one is compiled by Dade, with 85 articles, and 40 articles have been preserved so far, which is called The Book of Great Gifts; The other book, the Book of Rites that we are seeing now, is 49 articles selected by Dai Deqi's nephew Dai Shengxuan, and it is called The Book of Rites for Little Dai.
[Editor] Zhouyi
Main project: The Book of Changes
Yijing, also known as Yijing and Yijing, ranks first among Confucian classics. Zhouyi is a book of divination, its outer layer is mysterious and its inner philosophy is profound. The author should be an official, completed by many people. The content extensively records all aspects of the Western Zhou society, including historical value, ideological value and literary value. In the past, people's understanding mode of nature and the changing law between man and saint never went beyond the thinking framework of yin and yang gossip. According to legend, Long Matuo's River Map appeared in the Yellow River, and Fuxi, an ancient sage, began to gossip. Historical Records is also called "King Jia Wen's arrest", but he acted in Zhouyi (when Fuxi emphasized divination, some said Shennong) and made comments (or Duke Zhou); Later, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius wrote "Ten Wings", saying that "people are more sacred and the world is three ancient" ("Han Shu Literature and Art"). Zhouyi includes two parts: classics and biography. The text of Jing consists of sixty-four hexagrams and their corresponding names, hexagrams, hexagrams, hexagrams, hexagrams and hexagrams. There are seven kinds of ten biographies, including Xun, Xiang, classical Chinese, cohesion, divination, miscellaneous divination and virtual divination. The ancients called the ten-part tradition "Ten Wings", which means that biographies are wings attached to the classics, which is used to explain the contents of the classics.
[Editor] Spring and Autumn Period
Main items: Spring and Autumn Period (History Book)
Zuo Zhuan, also known as Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, Chunqiu Guwen and Chunqiu Zuoshi Biography, is an ancient chronological historical work. Historical Records called the author Zuo Qiuming in the Spring and Autumn Period. Scholars in the Qing Dynasty think that it was adapted by Liu Xin, and some people think that it was compiled by people in the early Warring States period according to historical materials of various countries (and it is said that it was written by historical officials in Lu dynasties). Its sources include royal archives, Japanese books and the history of vassal states. The chronicle basically follows the order of the twelve princes in the Spring and Autumn Annals, including wars, alliances, conquests, weddings, funerals, usurpations, etc. , had an important influence on later history and literature. Although Zuo Zhuan is not a Confucian classic, it was written by self-learners and attached to Chunqiu, which was gradually regarded as a classic by Confucianism.
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The Four Books and the Five Classics
Four Books: University | The Doctrine of the Mean | The Analects of Confucius | Mencius
Five Classics: Book of Songs | Book of Rites | Book of Changes | Spring and Autumn Period
The Four Books and Five Classics, collectively called the Four Books and Five Classics, are a series of classic works in ancient China. The four books refer to The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean. The Five Classics refer to The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Book of Rites, Zhouyi and Chunqiu, and are called The Book of Songs and the Book of Rites in Chunqiu. In fact, there should have been six classics and one song, which are collectively called The Book of Songs and the Book of Rites in the Spring and Autumn Period, but they were later lost, leaving only five classics.
Four books
Main items: four books.
Four Books are Confucian classics. Zhu, a scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, took out two books in The Book of Rites, Daxue and Zhong Yong, and combined them with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius into four books. It is said that they are called "Four Books" (also called "Four Books") because of the four representatives of early Confucianism, namely Zeng Shen, Zi Si, Confucius and Mencius. After that, the four books were listed as the scope of imperial examinations in previous dynasties, thus creating the unique position of the four books. Even after the Song Dynasty, the Four Books had surpassed the Five Classics.
During the first year of Song Guangzong (1 190), Zhu, a famous Neo-Confucianism scholar, collected works such as The University, The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and The Doctrine of the Mean in Zhangzhou, Fujian, and published them as a set of classics. The Confucian scholar believes that "go to college first to determine its scale; Read the Analects of Confucius for the second time to determine its roots; Read Mencius for the second time to see its development; For the subtleties of the ancients, read The Mean. He once said that "Four Books" and "Steps of Six Classics" ("Zhuzi School") Zhu's Notes on Four Books and Sentence Reading are of epoch-making significance. The Han and Tang Dynasties were the Five Classics era, and the Song Dynasty was the Four Books era.
"University"
Major projects: universities
Da Xue was originally an article in the Book of Rites, which had never been published separately before the Southern Song Dynasty. It is said that it was written by Zeng Shen, a disciple of Confucius (505-434 BC). From the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu and Li Ao maintained orthodoxy and praised universities (and the golden mean) to the Northern Song Dynasty, Cheng Er praised and publicized them in various ways, and even called them "universities", which was Kong's suicide note. Later, in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhu inherited the thought of Cheng Er, and compared The Great Learning in The Book of Rites with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. According to Zhu and Cheng Yi, another famous scholar in Song Dynasty, Daxue is a suicide note left by Confucius and his disciples, and a popular reading of Confucianism. Therefore, Zhu listed it as the first of the "four books".
doctrine of the mean
Subject: the golden mean
The Doctrine of the Mean was originally one of The Book of Rites, which was never published separately before the Southern Song Dynasty. It is generally believed that it was written by Confucius' grandson Zisi (483 BC-402 BC), and the history book Confucius' Family said that Zisi wrote the Doctrine of the Mean. From the Tang Dynasty when Han Yu and Li Ao praised the golden mean (and universities), to the Northern Song Dynasty when Cheng Er praised and publicized the golden mean in various ways, and even thought that the golden mean was "a way to teach the mind through Confucius", and then Zhu inherited Cheng Er's thought in the Southern Song Dynasty, so he took it out and compared it with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. Judging from the basic viewpoints of The Doctrine of the Mean and Mencius, they are basically the same. However, the existing The Doctrine of the Mean was revised by Confucian scholars in Qin Dynasty, which was written roughly shortly after Qin unified the whole country. So every article is different from "University". It does not take the first two words of justice as the title, but the central content of the article as the title.
The Analects of Confucius
Main project: The Analects of Confucius
The Analects of Confucius is a book that records the words and deeds of Confucius and his students. Confucius (55 1 years ago -479 years ago), whose name was Zhong Ni, was born in (present-day Qufu, Shandong) in the Spring and Autumn Period. The founder of Confucianism, the most famous thinker, politician and educator in ancient China, had a far-reaching influence on the development of China's ideology and culture. The Analects of Confucius was written in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was recorded by Confucius' students and their retranslators. The Analects of Confucius is a book that records the words and deeds of Confucius and his students. The Analects of Confucius covers many aspects such as philosophy, politics, economy, education, literature and art, and is the most important classic of Confucianism. In terms of expression, The Analects of Confucius is a model for recording prose, with concise language and vivid images. In terms of arrangement, The Analects has no strict compiling style, each article is a chapter, and each chapter is a chapter. Articles and chapters are not closely related, but are roughly classified and repeated chapters appear. By the Han Dynasty, there were three editions of The Analects of Confucius (20), The Analects of Confucius (22) and The Analects of Classical Chinese (2 1). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zheng Xuan compiled and annotated a new book based on The Analects of Lu with reference to The Analects of Qi and The Analects of Ancient Chinese. After Zheng Xuan's annotations were circulated, The Analects of Confucius and The Analects of China Ancient Literature gradually disappeared. The later editions of The Analects of Confucius mainly include: The Analects of Confucius by Wei in the Three Kingdoms Period, On Shu Shu by Liang Huang Kan in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, The Analects of Confucius by Zhu, The Analects of Confucius by Liu Baonan in the Qing Dynasty, etc.
Mencius
Main project: Mencius (book)
Mencius is a book that records the words and deeds of Mencius and his students. Mencius (about 372- 289 BC), whose real name was Yu Zi, was born in Zou (now southeast of Zou County, Shandong Province) in the middle of the Warring States Period, not far from Confucius' hometown Qufu. He is a famous thinker, politician, educator and the successor of Confucius' theory. Like Confucius, Mencius once led students to travel to Wei, Qi, Song, Lu, Teng, Xue and other countries, and once served as a guest minister. Because his political views were not as important as those of Confucius, he returned to his hometown to call his disciples to give lectures, and wrote a book with Zhang Wan and other students, saying, "Preface a poem book, understand Zhong Ni's meaning, and write seven pieces of Mencius." (Historical Records Biography of Mencius and Xun Qing) Zhao Qi compared Mencius with The Analects of Confucius in Mencius' copybook, and thought that Mencius was "imitating a saint". Therefore, although the History of Literature and Art of Han Dynasty only regards Mencius as a sub-book, in the eyes of Han people, it has actually been regarded as a "biography" book to assist the classics. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty named The Analects of Confucius, The Book of Filial Piety, Mencius and Er Ya as "Biographers". At the end of the Five Dynasties, Meng Changjun, the master of the post-Shu Dynasty, ordered people to carve stones on eleven classics such as Mencius, which may be the beginning of Mencius' being included in the Classics. By the time of filial piety in the Southern Song Dynasty, four books compiled by Zhu were included in Mencius, which officially raised Mencius to a very high position. After the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, it became the content of the imperial examination and was a must-read for scholars.
Five Classics
Subject: Five Classics
The Five Classics is the collective name of five ancient classic works based on Confucianism. It is said that they were edited or revised by Confucius, one of the founders of Confucianism. There are six Confucian classics, namely The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Yili, Jing Yue, Zhouyi and Chunqiu.
Qin Shihuang "burned books to bury Confucianism". It is said that Yue Ji was lost after the Qin fire. On this basis, The Analects of Confucius, The Book of Filial Piety and The Seven Classics of * * * were added in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Zhou Li, Book of Rites, Biography of the Spring and Autumn Ram, Biography of the Spring and Autumn Valley, Erya and Twelve Classics were added in the Tang Dynasty. Mencius was supplemented in the Song Dynasty, and later the Notes to Thirteen Classics was handed down from generation to generation. Thirteen Classics is the basic work of Confucian culture. As far as traditional concepts are concerned, Yi, Shi, Shu, Li and Chunqiu are called classics, while Zuo Zhuan, Yang Gongzhuan and Gu Liangzhuan belong to Chunqiu Jingzhuan and Book of Rites. The last five classics refer to Zhouyi, Shangshu, Book of Songs, Book of Rites and Zuo Zhuan.
The Book of Songs
Main project: The Book of Songs
The Book of Songs was called "Poetry" or "Poetry 300" in the pre-Qin period, and it was China's first poetry collection. Collected 305 poems (original poems 3 1 1) from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, which is a collection of poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. "There are more than 3,000 poems written by the ancients, which are related to Confucius, but none of them are important ..." (Historical Records Confucius Family) is said to be compiled by Confucius. "Poetry" is divided into three parts: wind, elegance and ode, with "Wind" as a folk song, "Elegance" as the official elegant music of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and "Ode" as a dance music for the upper class to sacrifice to the ancestral temple. This book widely reflects all aspects of social life at that time, and is known as the encyclopedia of life in ancient society, which has a far-reaching impact on future generations. Friends who like poetry believe that they have all read it.
minister
Main item: Shangshu
Shangshu was called Shu in ancient times and Shangshu in Chinese. "Shang" means "Shang" and "ancient times". This book is the earliest compilation of historical documents in ancient China. Records can be traced back to the legendary Yao and Shun period to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty (mid-Spring and Autumn Period), about 1500 years. The basic content is the records of ancient imperial edicts and conversations between monarch and minister, so the author should be a historian. Historical Records Confucius Family said that Confucius' "Biography of Preface Book was compiled from Tang Yu to Qin Miao", which is said to be compiled by Confucius. There are two versions of Shangshu, one is Jinwen Shangshu, and the other is Guwen Shangshu. At present, the popular version of Notes to Thirteen Classics is a co-editor of Jinwen Shangshu and Pseudo-Guwen Shangshu. Ancient people praised "reading poetry books", referring to the Book of Songs and the Book of History respectively.
The Book of Rites
Main items: The Book of Rites
The Book of Rites is an anthology of Confucian scholars' articles from the Warring States to the Qin and Han Dynasties. The Book of Rites only explains the Book of Rites (Zhu Zi Yu Volume 87), which is a compilation of Confucianism. Although the Book of Rites is only a book to explain the Book of Rites, its influence is beyond the Book of Rites and the Book of Rites because of its wide coverage. There are two versions of The Book of Rites, one is compiled by Dade, with 85 articles, and 40 articles have been preserved so far, which is called The Book of Great Gifts; The other book, the Book of Rites that we are seeing now, is 49 articles selected by Dai Deqi's nephew Dai Shengxuan, and it is called The Book of Rites for Little Dai.
Zhouyi
Subject: Zhouyi
Yijing, also known as Yijing and Yijing, ranks first among Confucian classics. Zhouyi is a book of divination, its outer layer is mysterious and its inner philosophy is profound. The author should be an official, completed by many people. The content extensively records all aspects of the Western Zhou society, including historical value, ideological value and literary value. In the past, people's understanding mode of nature and the changing law between man and saint never went beyond the thinking framework of yin and yang gossip. According to legend, Long Matuo's River Map appeared in the Yellow River, and Fuxi, an ancient sage, began to gossip. Historical Records is also called "King Jia Wen's arrest", but he acted in Zhouyi (when Fuxi emphasized divination, some said Shennong) and made comments (or Duke Zhou); Later, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius wrote "Ten Wings", saying that "people are more sacred and the world is three ancient" ("Han Shu Literature and Art"). Zhouyi includes two parts: classics and biography. The text of Jing consists of sixty-four hexagrams and their corresponding names, hexagrams, hexagrams, hexagrams, hexagrams and hexagrams. There are seven kinds of ten biographies, including Xun, Xiang, classical Chinese, cohesion, divination, miscellaneous divination and virtual divination. The ancients called the ten-part tradition "Ten Wings", which means that biographies are wings attached to the classics, which is used to explain the contents of the classics.
The Spring and Autumn Annals
Item: Spring and Autumn Period
Zuo Zhuan, also known as Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals, Chunqiu Guwen and Chunqiu Zuoshi Biography, is an ancient chronological historical work. Historical Records called the author Zuo Qiuming in the Spring and Autumn Period. Scholars in the Qing Dynasty think that it was adapted by Liu Xin, and some people think that it was compiled by people in the early Warring States period according to historical materials of various countries (and it is said that it was written by historical officials in Lu dynasties). Its sources include royal archives, Japanese books and the history of vassal states. The chronicle basically follows the order of the twelve princes in the Spring and Autumn Annals, including wars, alliances, conquests, weddings, funerals, usurpations, etc. , had an important influence on later history and literature. Although Zuo Zhuan is not a Confucian classic, it was written by self-learners and attached to Chunqiu, which was gradually regarded as a classic by Confucianism.
Another detailed introduction of the four books and five classics:
The Four Books and Five Classics are the basic bibliography of Confucianism after the Southern Song Dynasty, and they are also the required reading bibliography for Confucian students. The Four Books refer to The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, The Doctrine of the Mean and The University. Among them, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius are collections of speeches by Confucius, Mencius and their students respectively, while Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean are two books in The Book of Rites. Zhu, a famous scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, first linked the two. However, before Zhu, Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi had strongly advocated these books. They believe that "University" is an important book of Confucius' "the door for beginners to enter Germany" and was compiled by Confucius' students. The Doctrine of the Mean is a book "Confucius teaches the mind", and it is a pen, which is written by Confucius' grandson Zisi. Together with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius, these two books express the basic ideology of Confucianism and are the most important documents for studying and treating Confucianism. It is from this perspective that Zhu compiled four books: The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, University and The Doctrine of the Mean. Because they came from four representatives of early Confucianism, namely, Confucius, Zeng Shen, Zi Si and Mencius, they were called "Four Books" for short. Zhu annotated the four books respectively. Among them, the annotations of Daxue and the Doctrine of the Mean are called "chapters and sentences", and the annotations of The Analects and Mencius are called "concentrated notes" because they quote many other people's sayings. It is worth noting that the order of Zhu's four books was originally The University, The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and The Doctrine of the Mean, which was arranged in the order of learning from the shallow to the deep. Later generations put The Doctrine of the Mean before The Analects of Confucius because the length of Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean was short. In order to facilitate printing and publishing, it became the order of Daxue, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius. Because Zhu Zhu's "Four Books" not only combines the theories of predecessors, but also has its own unique views, which are applicable to the world; Due to the rising status of "Zhu Cheng Neo-Confucianism" represented by Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi brothers and Zhu, after Zhu's death, the court approved four books with his annotations as official books, which became popular from then on, and resumed the imperial examination in the Yanyou period of the Yuan Dynasty (13 14- 1320), officially. Due to these factors, the Four Books not only became important classics of Confucianism, but also became a must-read for every reader and became a unified standard primary school textbook until modern times. Therefore, some people compare the four books with the Western Bible and think that they are the Eastern Bible. In fact, whether it is its widespread spread or its profound influence on the character and psychology of China people, this comparison is not an exaggeration. The Five Classics refer to The Book of Songs, Shangshu, Zhou Li, Yijing and Chunqiu. The Book of Songs is the earliest collection of poems in China, and * * * contains 305 poems of the Zhou Dynasty. Originally called "Poetry" or "Poetry 300", Confucian scholars in the Han Dynasty began to call "The Book of Songs". The existing Book of Songs was handed down by Mao Heng in the Han Dynasty, so it is also called Mao Shi. It is said that all the poems in The Book of Songs are lyrics that can be sung at that time. According to the nature of music, it can be divided into wind, elegance and praise. The "Wind" is composed of Nan Zhou, Zhao Nan, Gao Feng, Yong Yufeng, Feng Wei, Feng Wang, Qifeng, Wei Feng, tang style, Qin Feng, Martin, Guifeng, Cao Feng and Zhuifeng, and is called the Fifteen-Country Wind. Most of them are folk songs in the Yellow River valley, and a few are works processed by nobles. "Elegance" includes Xiaoya and Daya, *** 105. Ya is basically a noble work, and only a part of Xiaoya comes from the folk. Ode includes Zhou Song, Truffle and Shang Ode, with a total of 40 articles. Ode is a lyric used in court sacrifice. Generally speaking, folk songs are lively and lively, and the poems of court nobles are dwarfed by them, and there is not much poetry. The Book of Songs is the source of China's poetry and the glorious starting point of China's poetry history. It has many forms: epic, satirical poem, narrative poem, love song, war song, carol, holiday song and labor ballad. Rich in content, it reflects all aspects of social life in the Zhou Dynasty, such as labor and love, war and corvee, oppression and resistance, customs and marriage, ancestor worship and feasting, and even astronomical phenomena, landforms, animals and plants. It can be said that The Book of Songs is a mirror of Zhou society. The language of The Book of Songs is the most important material to study the general situation of Chinese from the 6th century BC to the 6th century BC. Shangshu, which means "The Book of Ancient Times", is a compilation of China's ancient historical documents and some works describing ancient deeds. In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was called Shu, and in the Han Dynasty it was renamed Shangshu. Confucianism respects it as a classic, so it is also called a classic book. It is said that Shangshu has 100 books. After the burning of books in the Qin Dynasty, only 29 books were collected in the early Han Dynasty, which were written in the official script prevailing at that time, and were called Jinwen Shangshu. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were 16 pieces of Shangshu written in ancient Chinese, which was called Shangshu in ancient Chinese. This 16 piece was quickly lost. Jin people forged twenty-five pieces of the ancient prose Shangshu, and separated several pieces from this novel Shangshu. Plus the original modern prose "Shangshu", a total of 58 articles, also known as the ancient prose "Shangshu". Shangshu in the annotation of Thirteen Classics is an ancient China book, Shangshu, which was operated by Jin people. Shangshu includes Yu, Xia, Shang and Zhou books. Yu Shu and Xia Shu were not written in summer, but later Confucianism wrote them under the guise of ancient ballads. Shangshu is an oath, life, instruction and letter written by historians in the Yin Dynasty, among which Tang Shi should be the earliest work according to the times, but this article is fluent in language and may be polished by later generations. Pan Geng's three ancient poems are difficult to read, and most of them retain their original appearance. This is a record of a speech made by Pan Geng, King of Yin, to his subjects when he moved to the capital. Although the language is old-fashioned, the abundant feelings and sharp talk when Pan Geng speaks can still be felt. For example, he said, "If you don't give yourself virtue, you must have virtue and don't give it to anyone." . Look at the fire, you will look for it, and you will run away. If the network is in the outline, it is orderly; If farmers serve Tian Li, there will be autumn. A short passage (in Pan Geng) uses three metaphors, which are apt, vivid and vivid. Among them, "methodical" is still used as an idiom. For another example, Pan Geng warned his lieutenants not to incite people to oppose moving the capital, saying that it would be "if the fire burns in the same place, it will not be extinguished", which was out of control, and the metaphor was very vivid. Zhou Shu contains documents from the early Zhou Dynasty to the early Spring and Autumn Period. Among them, the "pastoral oath" is the oath of the king of Wu during the attack.