Four Books and Five Classics (Super Value Collection)

"Four Books and Five Classics" is the collective name of "Four Books" and "Five Classics", which are the classic books of Chinese Confucianism. Zhu Xi, a scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty, took out the "Great Learning" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" from the "Book of Rites" and wrote them into separate books, and combined them with "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" into the "Four Books". The "Five Classics" refers to the Book of Songs, the Book of Documents, the Book of Rites, the Book of Changes, and the Spring and Autumn Annals. Zhang Zai, an acting scholar of the Song Dynasty, said: "Establish a mind for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the livelihood of the people, carry forward the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations." This is the cultural ideal of ancient Chinese intellectuals, and it is also his summary of the essence of Confucianism. As the classics of the Confucian school, the "Four Books and Five Classics" not only preserve the thoughts and wisdom of Confucian sages, but also reflect the evolution trajectory of early Confucianism. It contains the core content of Confucianism and is also a concentrated expression of Confucian epistemology and methods. It has had a profound impact on the history of Chinese thought.