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*''Japanese/Chinese'': 四書五経 ''(shisho gokyou / sìshū wŭjīng)

The [[Confucianism|Confucian]] classics include the Four Books and the Five Classics.

The Four Books, as set down by [[Zhu Xi]], are the [[Analects of Confucius]] (J: ''Rongo'', C: ''Lún Yǔ''), the [[Great Learning]] (C: ''Dà xué''), the [[Doctrine of the Mean]] (C: ''Zhōng yōng''), and the writings of [[Mencius]] (C: ''Mèngzǐ'').

The Five Classics are the [[I Ching]] ("Book of Changes"), [[Book of Odes]] (''Shījīng''), [[Book of Rites]] (''Lǐjì''), [[Classic of History]] (''Shūjīng''), and the [[Spring and Autumn Annals]] (''Chūnqiū'').

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==References==
*Arai Hakuseki, Joyce Ackroyd (trans.), ''Told Round a Brushwood Fire'', University of Tokyo Press (1979), 282-283n65.

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