doctrine of the mean
The Analects of Confucius
Mencius
The Book of Rites is one of the Confucian classics, also known as "Little Calendar" or "Little Li Ji". It is said that it was written by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty. Unlike Dade's Big Dai Li, it is called Little Dai Li. The book contains 49 articles including Quli, Tan Gong, Wang Zhi, Yue Ling, Liu Yun, Xue Ji, Yue Ji, The Doctrine of the Mean and Da Xue.
The Four Books is a recognized Confucian classic. Originally, it was not a book, but a general term consisting of two books, The Analects of Confucius and Mencius, and two articles, The Doctrine of the Mean. Edited and engraved by Zhu, a great scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, it has been widely circulated so far.
University was originally Article 42 of the Book of Rites. Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi brothers took them out of the Book of Rites and made up chapters and sentences. In the Song Dynasty, Zhu reorganized the university into one chapter of Jing and ten chapters of Biography.
The doctrine of the mean was originally an article in the Book of Rites. It is generally believed that its author is Confucius' grandson Zisi (483-402 BC). The existing The Doctrine of the Mean was revised by Confucian scholars in Qin Dynasty, and was written roughly shortly after Qin unified the whole country.
The Analects of Confucius is a book that records the words and deeds of Confucius and his students.
The Analects of Confucius was written in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was recorded by Confucius' students and their retranslators.
Mencius is a book that records the words and deeds of Mencius and his students.