Some large-scale ancient books series often include four books and are named after them, such as Four Ku Quanshu, Four Series and Four Essentials. The importance of the four categories to ancient books is self-evident. ?
1, Jing: refers to Confucian classics; For example, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius.
2, history: history books, that is, official history; Such as twenty-four histories;
3. Zi: Hundreds of works in the pre-Qin period, religion; For example, everything is wrong, guiguzi and so on.
4, set: selected books, that is, poetry collections. Generally refers to the ancient classics of China. Such as Chuci, Daojing, Buddhist scriptures, etc.
Extended data:
Main categories of classical and historical subsets
Classic Department: It is divided into ten categories: Yi, Shu, Poetry, Rite, Spring and Autumn, Filial Piety, Five Classics, Four Books, Music and Primary School.
History Department: Historical works of various genres are divided into 15 categories: official history, chronology, chronicle background and ending, miscellaneous history of other history, imperial edicts, biographies, historical notes, factual records, seasons, geography, official positions, political books, catalogues and historical reviews.
Subdivision: Religious works of a hundred schools of thought contend and Buddhism are divided into fourteen categories: Confucianism, militarists, legalists, peasants, doctors, astronomical algorithms, astrology, art, various records, miscellaneous books, novelists and Buddhism.
Anthology: A collection of prose, parallel prose, poetry, ci, Sanqu and other works by one or more writers in past dynasties, which can be divided into five categories: Chu Ci, other anthology, poetry criticism and poetry. ?
Baidu Encyclopedia-a subset of classics and history