The earliest title of Shangshu is Book, which is the first classical anthology in China and the earliest historical document mainly based on memorizing words. From Yao and Shun to Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, it spanned more than two thousand years. This is a testable record of three graves and five codes.
Shangshu is listed as one of the Confucian classics, and "Shang" means "Shang". Shangshu is an ancient book, a compilation of China's ancient historical documents and some works tracing back ancient deeds.
Since the early Han Dynasty, there are two different versions, modern and ancient. According to Hanshu, there are 65,438+000 articles in Historical Records, which are arranged and prefaced by Confucius. After Qin Shihuang unified China, he issued a book burning order. The burning of books in the Qin dynasty brought a devastating blow to the spread of Shangshu, and almost all the originals of Shangshu were burned. In the Han dynasty, Confucianism was re-valued. Shangshu was written by Dr. Sheng in official script, with a total of 28 articles, which is called Shangshu in modern Chinese. In the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that when King Lu Gong demolished a section of the wall of Confucius' former residence, he found another book, Shangshu, which was written in the font of the Six Kingdoms period before Qin Dynasty, and people called it the ancient prose Shangshu. According to Kong Anguo, a descendant of Confucius, there are 16 more ancient books "Shangshu" in China than the current "Shangshu".