The Analects of Confucius can represent the origin of China's traditional learning because it records China people's views on saints. He can express people's views on the life they love and yearn for. Confucius' The Analects of Confucius is a set of books recording Confucius' words and deeds during the Warring States Period. This set of books records Confucius' personal behavior towards three generations of holy kings and his disciples' views on various outlooks on life and the world, and contains the most basic contents of Chinese traditional studies, namely, benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith. Such things can be expounded in most works of later generations. Even in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the imperial examination represented by the Four Books and Five Classics required this part to be the fundamental content. It can be seen that He, as the foundation stone of Chinese traditional studies, can naturally be regarded as the origin of Chinese traditional studies.
Confucius himself is the source of China's traditional learning, and later generations mostly inherited Confucianism. As the founder of Confucianism, Confucius created a series of ideological principles for future generations to understand the foundation of Confucianism, how the world developed and the relationship between birth and WTO entry. It can be said that Confucius himself is a living representative of the origin of Chinese studies.
In addition to Confucius, the more famous ones that can represent Chinese studies are The Songs of Chu and The Book of Songs. As the source of romanticism in China's classical poetry, The Songs of the South provided a good beginning for many people in later generations, and The Book of Songs, as the source of realism, provided a good beginning for many people who recorded history and facts in later generations. It can be said that these two books represent the origin of China's classical poetry.
To sum up, there are a series of ancient celebrities who can represent the origin of Sinology in China, such as Confucius and Qu Yuan. Ancient masterpieces that can represent the origin of China's traditional studies mainly include The Analects of Confucius, The Book of Songs, Songs of the South and a series of other works.