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Tao Te Ching, a philosophical work composed by Laozi during the Spring and Autumn period, is also known as De Dao Jing, Dao De Zhen Jing, Laozi, Five Thousand Words, or Laozi's Five Thousand Characters. Written before the divergence of the Hundred...
The Analects of Confucius (Lún Yǔ) is a collection of quotes compiled by the disciples and second-generation disciples of Confucius, a thinker and educator during the Spring and Autumn Period, recording the words and deeds of Confucius and his...
The Great Learning is a prose essay expounding on the Confucian ideas of self-cultivation, family regulation, governing the state, and bringing peace to the world. Originally the 42nd chapter of The Book of Rites compiled by Dai De, it is...
The Doctrine of the Mean represents the moral standard of Confucianism, adhered to and esteemed by Confucian scholars throughout history. Also known as 'zhongyong,' where 'zhong' signifies moderation and 'yong' denotes common practice or constancy,...
Mencius, a classic work of Confucianism, was composed by Mencius and his disciples, including Wan Zhang and Gongsun Chou, during the mid-Warring States period. It was first mentioned in Zhao Qi's 'Preface to Mencius,' which states, 'This book was...
The Book of Songs, the inception of ancient Chinese poetry and the earliest anthology of poems, collects 311 poems dating from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period (11th century BC to 6th century BC). Among them, six are
