What books did ancient scholars (in different periods) generally read?

Han Dynasty: Because it is a recommendation system. There are no hard and fast rules for Confucianism to read Confucian books and legalists to read legalists' books. Of course Confucianism is the mainstream.

Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: Because the children of the gentry didn't have to study at all, there was constant war. Scholars in this era read a lot of books. Mainly classics and history.

Tang and Song Dynasties: Five Classics Era.

Meta: Ignore.

Ming and Qing Dynasties: In the era of Four Books, what I saw was revised. Mencius' idea of light monarchy will naturally be abandoned. )

After the Ming and Qing dynasties became officials, scholars began to study the Five Classics and history.