Millennium Collection of Books — The Four Books and Five Classics (Full Four Volumes)

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Features: The sages are those who have grasped the fundamental principles, the worthies are those who have grasped them partially, and the fools are those who have not grasped them at all. The sages comprehend the heavens and the earth, clearly understand the past, present, and future, and perceive the phenomena of the three realms, as seen in Confucius's "The hundred generations can be known" and Mencius's "If the sages were to arise again, they would not change my words." — Mao Zedong, referring to the "Four Books" (The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Analects, and Mencius) and the "Five Classics" (The Book of Songs, The Book of Documents, The Book of Rites, the I Ching, and the Spring and Autumn Annals). These books meticulously record the historical facts of politics, military affairs, diplomacy, and culture during the most active period in the history of the development of Chinese thought and culture. In the imperial examinations of past dynasties, the questions were always based on the "Four Books and Five Classics," demonstrating their extremely important reference value for the principles of governing and handling affairs, as well as for the ways of conducting oneself and dealing with others.