The Confucian Classics Department collects thirteen Confucian classics and related works, including the Book of Changes, Books, Poems, Rites, Spring and Autumn, Filial Piety, Five Classics, Four Books, Music, Primary Schools, etc. 10 category.
The history department collects history books, including official history, chronicle, miscellaneous history, other history, imperial edict, biography, historical records, factual records, seasons, geography, official positions, political books, catalogues, historical reviews, etc. 15.
The sub-department contains hundreds of works and books, including Confucianism, military strategists, legalists, farmers, doctors, astronomical algorithms, astrology, art, music records, miscellaneous books, novellas, Buddhists, Taoists, etc. 14 category.
Collection, including poetry collection and special collection, includes five categories, such as Chu Ci, Bieci, Collection, Poetry Review and Ci Qu, among which Ci Qu also belongs to five categories, such as Word Segmentation Collection, Ci Selection, Hua Ci, Ci Pu Yun and Nanbei Qu.
The development of ancient book classification
The first large-scale collation of ancient books began in the Western Han Dynasty in 26 BC, presided over by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin successively, including retrieval, collation, classification and cataloging, and finally compiled the earliest catalogue of the National Library of China, Qilue. Seven Laws divides the ancient books collected at that time into six categories: six arts, philosophers, art of war, mathematics, folk arts and poetry, and adds an introduction to compilation, with the overall title of Seven Laws.
After the Han Dynasty, various ancient books compiled by the government and the people emerged continuously, and the classification methods were improved. In the Western Jin Dynasty, Xunxu's "Jinzhong Classic Book" was changed from six to four, namely, Part A recorded classic books (equivalent to six arts), Part B recorded volumes (including philosophers, military books, mathematics and folk arts), Part C recorded history books, and Part D recorded poetry and fu, which laid the foundation for four categories.
According to the actual situation of ancient books at that time, the Bibliography of Jin Yuan Emperor compiled by Li Chong in the Eastern Jin Dynasty changed the history books into part B and the volumes into part C. Thus, four parts of classics, history, volumes and collections were formed. The final establishment of the four-part system is embodied in the Annals of Sui Shu Classics, which was actually compiled by Kevin·Z, a famous official in the early Tang Dynasty, and officially marked the names of the four parts of the Classics, History and Discipline, and further subdivided into 40 categories.
The above contents refer to:
Baidu Encyclopedia-a subset of classics and history