Five Classics

Author: Zhu Xi of the Southern Song Dynasty
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features:▼Complete Content▼Sandalwood Aroma▼Compact and Lightweight▼Original Illustrations▼Portable
When it comes to Chinese traditional culture, the first thing that comes to mind is the "Four Books and Five Classics."
—It is said that Confucianism originally had six classics, but after Qin Shi Huang burned books and buried scholars, the "Book of Music" was lost. The later "Five Classics" refer to: the "Book of Songs," the "Book of Changes," the "Book of Documents," the "Book of Rites," and the "Zuo Zhuan." These five books each have their unique charm, making them hard to put down.
—the "Book of Songs" is China's first collection of poems. It gathers over 305 poems from the early Western Zhou Dynasty to the mid-Spring and Autumn Period, spanning more than 500 years. The language is simple and unadorned, yet it possesses a unique and deeply moving charm. Liang Qichao once praised this book: "Among the surviving ancient texts from the Pre-Qin period, the authenticity is often mixed, and almost every book has issues. The 'Book of Songs' stands out as the true gold and jade, every word of which can be trusted."......