I. "Poetry"
B. Spring and Autumn Annals
C. music?
D. Analects of Confucius
Six Classics refers to the six ancient books of Professor Confucius in the pre-Qin period. The full names of these six classic works are The Book of Songs, The Book of Songs (Shangshu), Yili, Yijing (Zhouyi), Jing Yue and Chunqiu.
These six ancient books were not written by Confucius, but existed long before Confucius. Confucius just did some sorting work on them.
These six ancient books, preserved from ancient times to the present, were owned by the royal family and nobles before Confucius, and were highly valued by the rulers of past dynasties. These six ancient books are included in the textbooks listed by Shen Shushi when he talked about educating the prince in "The Country is in Danger at the Beginning and the Business is in Danger".
The Analects of Confucius is a collection of quotations compiled by disciples and re-disciples of Confucius, a thinker and educator in the Spring and Autumn Period, and was written in the early Warring States Period. The book * * * consists of 20 chapters and 492 sections, with quotation as the main body and narrative as the supplement, which embodies the political opinions, ethical thoughts, moral concepts and educational principles of Confucius and Confucianism.
Most of the works are quotations, but the words are rich in meaning, and some sentences and chapters are vivid. Their main features are concise language, easy to understand and far-reaching ideas. They have an elegant and subtle style, which can express characters in simple dialogues and actions.
The Analects of Confucius has been listed as one of the "Four Books" since the Song Dynasty, and it has become a must-read bibliography for official textbooks and imperial examinations in ancient schools.