Which four books do four books refer to? What books do the four books refer to?

1, the four books are Confucian classics. Zhu, a scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, took out two books, The Book of Rites, The University and Zhong Yong, and combined them with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius into four books.

2. It is said that they are called "Four Books" (also called "Four Books") because of the four representatives of early Confucianism, namely Zeng Shen, Zi Si, Confucius and Mencius. After that, the four books were listed as the scope of imperial examinations in previous dynasties, thus creating the unique position of the four books. Even after the Song Dynasty, the Four Books had surpassed the Five Classics.