The silk book The Four Classics of Huangdi unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb was earlier than the silk book Lao Zi Yi Ben, which was called Lao Zi Yi Ben Gu Shu at that time. Later, experts identified this book as the Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor, which has been lost for a long time. Scholars have also studied the contents, characters and chapters of the book, and think that the book was written later than Laozi, but earlier than Guanzi, Mencius and Zhuangzi. Four classics of the yellow emperor. Is this it? The foundation of governing the country? The book consists of four articles, which provides a reliable historical basis for Chinese people at home and abroad to re-understand the Yellow Emperor and his thoughts. It is not only an important carrier of philosophy and culture, but also the wisdom crystallization of ancient sages about literature, aesthetics, art and aesthetics. General introduction to the Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor: The first edition of Laozi has four volumes, and there is no title; The second edition of Laozi consists of four volumes, and the titles from one to four are:? Classic? 、? Ten classics? 、? Weighing? 、? D 'Hara? . The Classic of Law focuses on law; The Ten Classics is about soldiers, telling the story of Huangdi's capture of Chiyou. "Weighing" means weighing; The last one is Daoyuan in the Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor.
The main content of the Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor is to sum up the experience of monarch rule, so its thought is centered on the rule of law. The Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor advocates the combination of civil and military, punishment and morality, but this one is the most prominent one, and the other three are also the further development of this thought.
The Four Classics of the Yellow Emperor advocated the way of softness and inaction, and at the same time emphasized the importance of people's hearts, which also reflected the transformation of Taoism from Laozi to Huanglao School, and had a direct or indirect impact on various schools in the pre-Qin period. Its appearance subverts many recognized theories of Confucian classics and plays an extremely important role in Confucian classics.