Four Books and Five Classics

Four Books and Five Classics
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese四書五經
Simplified Chinese四书五经
Hanyu PinyinSìshū Wǔjīng
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSìshū Wǔjīng
Bopomofoㄙˋ   ㄕㄨ   ㄨˇ   ㄐㄧㄥ
Gwoyeu RomatzyhSyhshu Wuujing
Wade–GilesSsŭ4 Shu1 Wu3 Ching1'
Yale RomanizationSz̀shū Wǔjīng
IPA[sɹ̩̂.ʂú ù.tɕíŋ]
Wu
RomanizationSi-sy ngo-king
Hakka
RomanizationSi-su ng-gin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSeisyū Nǵhgīng
JyutpingSei3syu1 Ng5ging1
IPA[sēi.sýː ŋ̬̍.kéŋ]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJSù-su Ngó͘-keng
Tâi-lôSù-su Ngóo-king
Middle Chinese
Middle ChineseSìj-sho ngú-keng
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetTứ thư Ngũ kinh
Chữ Hán四書五經
Korean name
Hangul사서오경
Hanja四書五經
Transcriptions
Revised RomanizationSaseoogyeong
Japanese name
Kanji四書五経
Kanaししょごきょう
Transcriptions
RomanizationShisho Gokyō

The Four Books and Five Classics are authoritative and important books associated with Confucianism, written before 300 BC.[1] They are traditionally believed to have been either written, edited or commented by Confucius or one of his disciples. Starting in the Han dynasty, they became the core of the Chinese classics on which students were tested in the Imperial examination system.

  1. ^ Bleeker, C. J. and G. Widengren (1971). Historia Religionum, Volume 2 Religions of the Present. BRILL. p. 478. ISBN 90-04-02598-7.

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