Four books refer to the Analects of Confucius, Mencius University and the Doctrine of the Mean?

The Four Books, also known as the Four Books, are the collective names of The Analects of Confucius, Mencius, Daxue and The Doctrine of the Mean, and are the core books learned by Confucian scholars in past dynasties. Zhu, a philosopher in the Southern Song Dynasty, selected two chapters from The Doctrine of the Mean and The Great Learning for annotation, and combined them with The Analects of Confucius and Mencius into four books.

Addition and deletion notes in the four books include Confucius disciples, Mencius, Zhu and so on. , the compilation time interval reaches 1800 years. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, "Da Xue" and "The Doctrine of the Mean" became official textbooks and required books for imperial examinations, which had a great influence on ancient education.

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Articles by Zi and Zhu. This reflects the way of cultural inheritance in China. Notes of, Zhu, etc. There are singles, such as Four Books published by Yuelu Bookstore and Zhu's Notes.

The articles contained in the "Four Books" are actually eight. Among them, The Analects records the words and deeds of Confucius and his main disciples. Mencius described Mencius' remarks. The word "university" in "University" clearly pointed out at the beginning of "University": "University is Confucius' suicide note, and beginners enter the door of virtue." . "University Chapters", in "University Chapters", is clearly Zhu's words.